First two-way laser ranging to a lunar orbiter: infrared observations from the Grasse station to LRO’s retro-reflector array

First two-way laser ranging to a lunar orbiter: infrared observations from the Grasse station to LRO’s retro-reflector array

Abstract We present the results of the first series of successful two-way laser ranging experiments from a ground station, the Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) station in Grasse, France, to a spacecraft at lunar distance, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). A 15 × 18 × 5 cm, 650-g array of twelve 32-m...

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Main Authors: Mazarico, Erwan, Sun, Xiaoli, Torre, Jean-Marie, Courde, Clément, Chabé, Julien, Aimar, Mourad, Mariey, Hervé, Maurice, Nicolas, Barker, Michael K, Mao, Dandan, Cremons, Daniel R, Bouquillon, Sébastien, Carlucci, Teddy, Viswanathan, Vishnu, Lemoine, Frank G, Bourgoin, Adrien
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Office of the Vice President for Research
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131582

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