DocumentCode
2271344
Title
Space qualification of the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) laser transmitters
Author
Afzal, R.S. ; Dallas, J.L. ; Lukemire, A. ; Mamakos, W.A. ; Melak, A. ; Ramos-Izquierdo, L. ; Schroder, B. ; Yu, A.W.
Author_Institution
Space Lidar Technol. Center, NASA-GSFC, College Park, MD, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
24-24 May 2002
Firstpage
427
Abstract
Summary from only given. We have completed the manufacture, space-qualification and delivery of three flight, diode pumped solid-state lasers for the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS), the sole instrument for the ICESat (ice, cloud and land elevation satellite) mission scheduled to launch in early 2002.
Keywords
aerospace instrumentation; aerospace testing; altimeters; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; clouds; optical pumping; snow; solid lasers; terrain mapping; GLAS laser transmitters; Geoscience Laser Altimeter System; ICESat; cloud; diode pumped solid-state lasers; ice; land elevation; space qualification; Diodes; Geoscience; Ice; Instruments; Laser excitation; Manufacturing; Pump lasers; Qualifications; Solid lasers; Transmitters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-706-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034161
Filename
1034161
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