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Optical system design and integration of the Mercury Laser Altimeter

Author(s) -

Luis Ramos-Izquierdo,

V. Stanley Scott,

Stephen Schmidt,

Jamie Britt,

William Mamakos,

Raymond Trunzo,

John F. Cavanaugh,

Roger Miller

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

applied optics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0003-6935

DOI - 10.1364/ao.44.001748

Subject(s) - altimeter , mercury (programming language) , remote sensing , spacecraft , laser , optics , ranging , planet , laser ranging , environmental science , geology , geodesy , physics , computer science , astronomy , programming language

The Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA), developed for the 2004 MESSENGER mission to Mercury, is designed to measure the planet's topography by laser ranging. A description of the MLA optical system and its measured optical performance during instrument-level and spacecraft-level integration and testing are presented.

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