The sensitivity of space debris detection using a satellite-borne, low-power laser as a reference for terrestrial adaptive optics is considered. It is shown that there is sufficient sensitivity to permit detection of sunlit particles of debris a few cm in diameter.


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    Title :

    PHAROS: an agile satellite-borne laser guidestar


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Laser Beam Propagation and Control ; 1994 ; Los Angeles,CA,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1994-06-08





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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