Title of article
The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA): Concept and baseline design
Author/Authors
Thomas، نويسنده , , N. and Spohn، نويسنده , , T. and Barriot، نويسنده , , J.-P. and Benz، نويسنده , , W. and Beutler، نويسنده , , G. and Christensen، نويسنده , , U. and Dehant، نويسنده , , V. and Fallnich، نويسنده , , C. and Giardini Guidoni، نويسنده , , D. and Groussin، نويسنده , , O. and Gunderson، نويسنده , , K. and Hauber، نويسنده , , E. and Hilchenbach، نويسنده , , M. and Iess، نويسنده , , L. and Lamy، نويسنده , , P. and Lara، نويسنده , , L.-M. a، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
16
From page
1398
To page
1413
Abstract
The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) has been selected for flight on board the European Space Agencyʹs BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO). The experiment is intended to be Europeʹs first planetary laser altimeter system. Although the proposed system has similarities to the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) currently flying on board NASAʹs MESSENGER mission to Mercury, the specific orbit and construction of the MPO force the use of novel concepts for BELA. Furthermore, the base-lined range-finding approach is novel. In this paper, we describe the BELA system and show preliminary results from some prototype testing.
Keywords
BepiColombo , mercury , Instrument design , Laser altimetry
Journal title
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
Record number
2312995
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