An accommodations analysis performed by the MSFC Preliminary Design Office for a spaceborne doppler lidar wind measuring system is summarized. A dedicated, free-flying spacecraft design concept is described. Mass and beginning-of-life power requirements are estimated at 2260 kg and 6.0 - 8.5 kW respectively, to support a pulsed, CO2, doppler lidar having a pulse energy of 10 J, pulse rate of 8 Hz, and efficiency of approximately 5%. Under the assumptions of the analysis, such a system would provide wind measurements on a global scale, with accuracies of a few meters per second.
Accommodations Assessment: Spaceborne Doppler Lidar Wind Measuring System
1981
70 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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