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26 August 2010 Design and development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL
Vincent Costes, Karine Gasc, Pierre Sengenes, Corinne Salcedo, Stephan Imperiali, Bernard Passier, Christian Du Jeu, Laurent Escarrat
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Abstract
CNES (French spatial agency) will provide the AltiKa high-resolution altimeter, Doris instrument and the LRA (Laser Retro-reflector Array) for SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and Altika) in cooperation with ISRO. The paper presents the LRA, its design and its key performances. The nine corner cube reflectors have been manufactured with very stringent dihedral angle offset precision. The tests done will be described. Specific modelisation and analysis (thermal gradient), specific test (thermo-optical test) and optimizations will be described.
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Vincent Costes, Karine Gasc, Pierre Sengenes, Corinne Salcedo, Stephan Imperiali, Bernard Passier, Christian Du Jeu, and Laurent Escarrat "Design and development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL", Proc. SPIE 7813, Remote Sensing System Engineering III, 78130I (26 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863537
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KEYWORDS
Laser development

Retroreflectors

Current controlled current source

Manufacturing

Optimization (mathematics)

Reflectors

Remote sensing

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