We report the design and test results of the mercury laser altimeter on the MESSENGER mission to be launched in July-August 2004. The altimeter will provide planet surface topography measurements via laser pulse time-of-flight.


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    Title :

    Design and performance measurement of the mercury laser altimeter


    Contributors:
    Xiaoli Sun, (author) / Cavanaugh, J.F. (author) / Smith, J.C. (author) / Bartels, A.E. (author)


    Publication date :

    2004-01-01


    Size :

    184625 byte



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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