A sodium laser guide star facility for the ANU/EOS space debris tracking adaptive optics demonstrator

Celine D'Orgeville; Francis Bennet; Mark Blundell; Rod Brister; Amy Chan; Murray Dawson; Yue Gao; Nicolas Paulin; Ian Price; Francois Rigaut; Ian Ritchie; Matt Sellars; Craig Smith; Kristina Uhlendorf; Yanjie Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2055050

21 July 2014 A sodium laser guide star facility for the ANU/EOS space debris tracking adaptive optics demonstrator

Celine D'Orgeville, Francis Bennet, Mark Blundell, Rod Brister, Amy Chan, Murray Dawson, Yue Gao, Nicolas Paulin, Ian Price, Francois Rigaut, Ian Ritchie, Matt Sellars, Craig Smith, Kristina Uhlendorf, Yanjie Wang

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Proceedings Volume 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV; 91483E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055050
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Australian National University and EOS Space Systems have teamed up to equip the EOS laser space debris tracking station on Mount Stromlo near Canberra, Australia, with sodium Laser Guide Star (LGS) Adaptive Optics (AO). The AO system is used to correct for laser beam degradation caused by the atmospheric turbulence on the upward infrared laser pulse used to illuminate space debris. As a result, the AO-equipped laser tracking station can track smaller and more distant debris. This paper presents the joint ANU/EOS AO Demonstrator LGS facility requirements, architecture, and performance at the time of the conference.

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Celine D'Orgeville, Francis Bennet, Mark Blundell, Rod Brister, Amy Chan, Murray Dawson, Yue Gao, Nicolas Paulin, Ian Price, Francois Rigaut, Ian Ritchie, Matt Sellars, Craig Smith, Kristina Uhlendorf, and Yanjie Wang "A sodium laser guide star facility for the ANU/EOS space debris tracking adaptive optics demonstrator", Proc. SPIE 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, 91483E (21 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055050

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