• DocumentCode
    1896437
  • Title

    The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) laser transmitter

  • Author

    Yu, Anthony W. ; Shaw, George B. ; Novo-Gradac, Anne Marie ; Li, Steven X. ; Ramos-Izquierdo, Luis ; Guzek, Jeffrey ; Rosanova, Alberto ; Cavanaugh, John ; Lukemire, Alan ; Unger, Glenn ; Krebs, Danny

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-29 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    3378
  • Lastpage
    3379
  • Abstract
    We present the final configuration of the space flight laser transmitter as delivered to the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument. The instrument was launched in 2009 and has been in operation for close to two years and accumulated over 1.3 billion laser shots in space.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; altimeters; laser beams; LOLA laser transmitter; laser shot; lunar orbiter laser altimeter laser transmitter; space flight laser transmitter; Instruments; Laser beams; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Moon; Optical transmitters; Space laser; altimetry; topographic mapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1003-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049943
  • Filename
    6049943
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1896437