Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter
Korea’s lunar exploration project includes the launching of an orbiter, a lander (including a rover), and an experimental orbiter (referred to as a lunar pathfinder). Laser altimeters have played an important scientific role in lunar, planetary, and asteroid exploration missions since their first...
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| author | Hyung-Chul Lim Gregory A. Neumann Myeong-Hwan Choi Sung-Yeol Yu Seong-Cheol Bang Neung-Hyun Ka Jong-Uk Park Man-Soo Choi Eunseo Park |
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| description | Korea’s lunar exploration project includes the launching of an orbiter, a lander (including a rover), and an experimental
orbiter (referred to as a lunar pathfinder). Laser altimeters have played an important scientific role in lunar, planetary, and
asteroid exploration missions since their first use in 1971 onboard the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. In this study, a laser
altimeter was proposed as a scientific instrument for the Korean lunar orbiter, which will be launched by 2020, to study
the global topography of the surface of the Moon and its gravitational field and to support other payloads such as a terrain
mapping camera or spectral imager. This study presents the baseline design and performance model for the proposed
laser altimeter. Additionally, the study discusses the expected performance based on numerical simulation results. The
simulation results indicate that the design of system parameters satisfies performance requirements with respect to
detection probability and range error even under unfavorable conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85d49c7cb0084957b39f098840a5940a2024-01-02T09:23:13ZengThe Korean Space Science SocietyJournal of Astronomy and Space Sciences2093-55872093-14092016-09-0133321121910.5140/JASS.2016.33.3.211Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar OrbiterHyung-Chul Lim0Gregory A. Neumann1Myeong-Hwan Choi2Sung-Yeol Yu3Seong-Cheol Bang4Neung-Hyun Ka5Jong-Uk Park6Man-Soo Choi7Eunseo Park8Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, KoreaKorea’s lunar exploration project includes the launching of an orbiter, a lander (including a rover), and an experimental orbiter (referred to as a lunar pathfinder). Laser altimeters have played an important scientific role in lunar, planetary, and asteroid exploration missions since their first use in 1971 onboard the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. In this study, a laser altimeter was proposed as a scientific instrument for the Korean lunar orbiter, which will be launched by 2020, to study the global topography of the surface of the Moon and its gravitational field and to support other payloads such as a terrain mapping camera or spectral imager. This study presents the baseline design and performance model for the proposed laser altimeter. Additionally, the study discusses the expected performance based on numerical simulation results. The simulation results indicate that the design of system parameters satisfies performance requirements with respect to detection probability and range error even under unfavorable conditions.http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2016/v33n3/OJOOBS_2016_v33n3_211.pdflaser altimeterKorean lunar orbiterLALElunar topography |
| spellingShingle | Hyung-Chul Lim Gregory A. Neumann Myeong-Hwan Choi Sung-Yeol Yu Seong-Cheol Bang Neung-Hyun Ka Jong-Uk Park Man-Soo Choi Eunseo Park Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences laser altimeter Korean lunar orbiter LALE lunar topography |
| title | Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter |
| title_full | Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter |
| title_fullStr | Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter |
| title_short | Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter |
| title_sort | baseline design and performance analysis of laser altimeter for korean lunar orbiter |
| topic | laser altimeter Korean lunar orbiter LALE lunar topography |
| url | http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2016/v33n3/OJOOBS_2016_v33n3_211.pdf |
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