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General Goals<br />

• Technology dem<strong>on</strong>str<str<strong>on</strong>g>at</str<strong>on</strong>g>or of a Compact <strong>Laser</strong> Rangefinder<br />

applicable in future space projects :<br />

• Mercury planet altimetry<br />

• Lunar altimetry and surface mapping<br />

• <strong>on</strong>-board optical transp<strong>on</strong>der(s) for Earth orbiter(s)<br />

• airborne range finder<br />

• ground based S<str<strong>on</strong>g>at</str<strong>on</strong>g>ellite <strong>Laser</strong> <strong>Ranging</strong> (SLR)<br />

• Desired altimeter parameters:<br />

• <strong>on</strong>e meter ranging precisi<strong>on</strong> (no costly interpol<str<strong>on</strong>g>at</str<strong>on</strong>g>ors)<br />

• multiphot<strong>on</strong> approach<br />

• diode pumped laser, ns pulses<br />

• modular c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />

• existing / available technology<br />

Jirousek,Prochazka,Hamal,Fedyszynova,Michaelis,Yang,Huang,Canberra 2006

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