Space-based missions impose a unique set of requirements on laser designs. The development of the CALIPSO Laser Transmitter Subsystem (LTS) began with a successful lifetime test using the Risk Reduction Laser (RRL), followed with an intensive design validation phase using prototype flight hardware, and completed with formal qualification of the flight hardware. We will describe this process in more detail and review the issues encountered and lessons learned. From this experience we developed a set of guidelines for designing and building future space-based lasers.


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    Title :

    Qualification of the laser transmitter for the CALIPSO aerosol lidar mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices ; 2006 ; San Jose,California,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2006-02-22





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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