• Title of article

    Optical system design and integration of the Mercury Laser Altimeter

  • Author/Authors

    Ramos-Izquierdo، Luis نويسنده , , III، V. Stanley Scott نويسنده , , Schmidt، Stephen نويسنده , , Britt، Jamie نويسنده , , Mamakos، William نويسنده , , Trunzo، Raymond نويسنده , , Cavanaugh، John نويسنده , , Miller، Roger نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    -1747
  • From page
    1748
  • To page
    0
  • Abstract
    The Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA), developed for the 2004 MESSENGER mission to Mercury, is designed to measure the planetʹs topography by laser ranging. A description of the MLA optical system and its measured optical performance during instrument-level and spacecraft-level integration and testing are presented.
  • Keywords
    instrumentation , Metrology , Optical design of instruments , Laser range finder , Measurement , Remote sensing
  • Journal title
    Applied Optics
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Applied Optics
  • Record number

    75664