Title :
Design and performance measurement of the mercury laser altimeter
Author :
Sun, Xiaoli ; Cavanaugh, John F. ; Smith, James C. ; Bartels, Arlin E.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report the design and test results of the mercury laser altimeter on the MESSENGER mission to be launched in July-August 2004. The altimeter will provide planet surface topography measurements via laser pulse time-of-flight.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; altimeters; laser ranging; optical design techniques; planetary surfaces; remote sensing by laser beam; surface topography measurement; AD 2004 6 to AD 2004 7; MESSENGER mission; altimeter; laser pulse time-of-flight; mercury laser; optical design; performance measurement; planet surface topography measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
