Patent attributes
A space optical transmission apparatus is provided which achieves high-speed simultaneous space optical transmission with respect to a plurality of terminals. In the space optical transmission apparatus, a light receiving section receives an optical signal from a terminal. A control section estimates how much optical axes of a master station and the terminal are deviated from each other, based on the received optical signal. The control section selects one of a plurality of light sources which requires a smallest amount of shift of an optical axis thereof, based on the estimated optical axis deviation amount, so as to communicate with the terminal.