Design and development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL

Vincent Costes; Karine Gasc; Pierre Sengenes; Corinne Salcedo; Stephan Imperiali; Bernard Passier; Christian Du Jeu; Laurent Escarrat

doi:10.1117/12.863537

26 August 2010 Design and development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL

Vincent Costes, Karine Gasc, Pierre Sengenes, Corinne Salcedo, Stephan Imperiali, Bernard Passier, Christian Du Jeu, Laurent Escarrat

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Proceedings Volume 7813, Remote Sensing System Engineering III; 78130I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863537
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

CNES (French spatial agency) will provide the AltiKa high-resolution altimeter, Doris instrument and the LRA (Laser Retro-reflector Array) for SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and Altika) in cooperation with ISRO. The paper presents the LRA, its design and its key performances. The nine corner cube reflectors have been manufactured with very stringent dihedral angle offset precision. The tests done will be described. Specific modelisation and analysis (thermal gradient), specific test (thermo-optical test) and optimizations will be described.

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Vincent Costes, Karine Gasc, Pierre Sengenes, Corinne Salcedo, Stephan Imperiali, Bernard Passier, Christian Du Jeu, and Laurent Escarrat "Design and development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL", Proc. SPIE 7813, Remote Sensing System Engineering III, 78130I (26 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863537

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