The Mercury Laser Altimeter performed the first laser ranging measurements to Mercury during the Mercury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) flyby in January 2008. The instrument successfully ranged to 600 km at an off-nadir angle >60 and to >1600 km in the nadir direction.


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    Title :

    First Laser Altimeter Measurements of Mercury from the MESSENGER Flyby


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    Conference:

    Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics ; 2008 ; San Jose, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-05-05


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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