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Remote Sensing, 2022 Satellite laser altimeters have been widely used in the surveying, mapping, forestry, and polar regions and by other industries due to their excellent elevation measurement accuracy.
Ren Liu +5 more
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Space debris and satellite laser ranging combined using a megahertz system [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSatellite laser ranging and space debris laser ranging are two closely related range measurement techniques with slightly different setups relying on different lasers.
Michael A. Steindorfer +3 more
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10 kHz repetition rate picosecond green laser for high-accuracy satellite ranging
Frontiers in Physics, 2023 Picosecond pulse laser is the main light source for satellite laser ranging. In this paper, a 10 kHz repetition rate picosecond green laser with an average output power of 5.3 W is demonstrated.
Zhongwei Fan +7 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 To guarantee a smooth in-orbit space gravitational wave detection for the Taiji mission, a semi-physical simulation test of inter-satellite laser interference is carried out.
Yikun Wang +9 more
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International Journal of Digital Earth, 2023 After being launched into orbit, the geometric calibration of a satellite laser altimeter will reduce errors in laser pointing and ranging caused by satellite vibrations during launch, environmental changes, and thermal effects during long-term operation,
Junfeng Xie +5 more
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Rigorous Sensor Model of Gaofen-7 Satellite Laser Altimeter Based on Coupled Footprint Camera
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023 The Gaofen-7 (GF-7) satellite system adds a footprint camera that shares the same optical path as its laser altimeter to ensure consistent spatial referencing between the laser footprint point and the obtained optical images.
Shaoning Li, Guo Zhang, Xiufang Fan
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Modeling and Simulation of Inter-Satellite Laser Communication for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detection [PDF]
SensorsSpace-based gravitational wave detection uses an equilateral triangular satellite constellation with inter-satellite laser heterodyne interferometry to measure displacement variations caused by gravitational waves.
Haoqian Liang +3 more
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Lasers for Satellite Uplinks and Downlinks [PDF]
Sci, 2021 The use of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (i.e., LASERs or lasers) by the U.S. Department of Defense is not new and includes laser weapons guidance, laser-aided measurements, and even lasers as weapons (e.g., Airborne Laser ...
Mark Dmytryszyn +2 more
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OVERVIEW OF THE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM CARBON MONITORING SATELLITE LASER ALTIMETER [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 The Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Monitoring satellite will be the first satellite of China with multi-beams laser altimeter and repetition frequency equal to GLAS on the world first laser altimetry satellite ICESat, but smaller diameter than GLAS.
G. Li +8 more
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Optical metrology terminal for satellite-to-satellite laser ranging [PDF]
International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2018, 2019 Interferometric laser ranging is an enabling technology for high-precision satellite-to-satellite tracking within the context of earth observation, gravitational wave detection, or formation flying. In orbit, the measurement system is affected by environmental influences, particularly satellite attitude jitter and temperature fluctuations, demanding an
Mandel, Oliver +5 more
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