Space debris and satellite laser ranging combined using a megahertz system
Hardware and software The following list summarizes the key hard- and software components used for acquiring the results. Laser: neoLASE neoMOS, 50 kHz–20 MHz, M2 = 1.15, 10 ps Laser power infrared: P = 41.3 W@1MHz, P = 28.1W@100kHz, green: P = 17W@1MHz, P = 11W@100kHz Receive telescope 1: Contraves, Cassegrain, d = 0.5 m, for monostatic setup Receive telescope 2: ASA, Ritchey-Chretien, d = 0.8 m, for bistatic setup Transmit telescope: Contraves, d1 = 0.07 m, monostatic … Read more
