Title :
Space qualification of the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) laser transmitters
Author :
Afzal, R.S. ; Dallas, J.L. ; Lukemire, A. ; Mamakos, W.A. ; Melak, A. ; Ramos-Izquierdo, L. ; Schroder, B. ; Yu, A.W.
Author_Institution :
Space Lidar Technol. Center, NASA-GSFC, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We have completed the manufacture, space-qualification and delivery of three flight, diode pumped solid-state lasers for the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS), the sole instrument for the ICESat (ice, cloud and land elevation satellite) mission scheduled to launch in early 2002.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; aerospace testing; altimeters; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; clouds; optical pumping; snow; solid lasers; terrain mapping; GLAS laser transmitters; Geoscience Laser Altimeter System; ICESat; cloud; diode pumped solid-state lasers; ice; land elevation; space qualification; Diodes; Geoscience; Ice; Instruments; Laser excitation; Manufacturing; Pump lasers; Qualifications; Solid lasers; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034161
