IEEE aerospace conference space lidar technologies supporting upcoming NASA earth science & laser communications missions

Author

Storm, Mark ; Hovis, Floyd

Author_Institution

Fibertek Inc., Herndon, VA, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

7-14 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

This paper describes Fibertek, Inc.´s participation in lidar technology development for recent and future NASA space lidar missions. The paper reports on progress on the upcoming ISS CATS and ICESat-2 missions due to launch in 2014 and 2017 timeframes, respectively. Current and recently completed flight programs are discussed including the NASA CALIPSO transmitters, ISRO lunar altimeter, and ISS Orion docking technology. The paper also describes progress toward TRL-6 development for a deep space communications transmitter and carbon dioxide DIAL lidar transmitter.

Keywords

Moon; altimeters; carbon compounds; optical fibre communication; optical radar; radar astronomy; radar transmitters; space communication links; CO₂; Fibertek Inc; ICESat-2 missions; IEEE aerospace conference; ISRO lunar altimeter; ISS CATS; ISS Orion docking technology; NASA CALIPSO transmitters; NASA earth science; NASA space lidar missions; TRL-6 development; carbon dioxide DIAL lidar transmitter; deep space communications transmitter; flight programs; laser communications missions; space lidar technologies; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; NASA; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5379-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2015.7119312

Filename

7119312