A spaceborne LADAR sensor, which will meet the requirements for rendezvous and docking with a cooperative object in synchronous orbit is presented. The sensor is being configured around a pulsed CO2 laser which can be constructed and deployed using technology which presently exists or is being developed, and which appears to lend itself very well to the envisioned family of space missions. In order to determine the applicability of the type of sensor being considered, the performance of a family of candidate sensors is being traded off as a function of size, weight, and power consumption. The maximum ranges being considered are 50, 100, 200, and 300 nautical miles. (Author)


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    Title :

    Laser Space Rendevous and Docking Trade-off


    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    43 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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