• DocumentCode
    2868899
  • Title

    Laser pulses from earth detected at Mars

  • Author

    Abshire, James B. ; Sun, Xiaoli ; Neumann, Gregg ; McGarry, Jan ; Zagwodzki, Tom ; Jester, Peggy ; Riris, Haris ; Zuber, Maria ; Smith, David

  • Author_Institution
    Solar Syst. Exploration Div., NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Over 500 pulses transmitted from a ground-based Nd:YAG laser were detected in Mars orbit, at with the MOLA instrument on-board the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft on September 28, 2005, at distance of 80.1 Mkm.
  • Keywords
    Earth; Mars; astronomical techniques; laser ranging; neodymium; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; solid lasers; AD 2005 09 28; Earth; MOLA instrument; Mars; Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft; Nd:YAG laser; ground-based laser; laser pulses; Earth; Instruments; Laser theory; Mars; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Space technology; Space vehicles; Timing; (280.3400) Laser Range Finder; (280.3640) Lidar; (350.6090) Space Optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628090
  • Filename
    4628090
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2868899