| タイトル | In-Flight Performance of the Mercury Laser Altimeter Laser Transmitter |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160006297 |
| 著者（英） | Sun, Xiaoli; Yu, Anthony W.; Neumann, Gregory A.; Cavanaugh, John F.; Li, Steven X. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2014-02-02 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) is one of the payload instruments on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft, which was launched on August 3, 2004. MLA maps Mercury's shape and topographic landforms and other surface characteristics using a diode-pumped solid-state laser transmitter and a silicon avalanche photodiode receiver that measures the round-trip time of individual laser pulses. The laser transmitter has been operating nominally during planetary flyby measurements and in orbit about Mercury since March 2011. In this paper, we review the MLA laser transmitter telemetry data and evaluate the performance of solid-state lasers under extended operation in a space environment. |
| NASA分類 | Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Lasers and Masers |
| レポートNO | GSFC-E-DAA-TN31557 |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
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