This paper discusses the design and current development status of the coherent lidar transceiver being developed by Coherent Technologies Inc for the NASA program, SPARCLE (SPAce Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment). SPARCLE is intended as a precursor mission to a fully operational satellite system, measuring global wind profiles from the Space Shuttle, with a planned launch date in March 2001.
Design and development of the SPARCLE coherent lidar transceiver
Laser Radar Technology and Applications IV ; 1999 ; Orlando,FL,USA
Proc. SPIE ; 3707
1999-05-28
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Space Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment (SPARCLE) Space Shuttle Mission (Invited Paper) [3380-02]
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|2-Micron Diode-Pumped Pulsed Laser Transmitter for SPARCLE: A Coherent Wind Lidar Shuttle Mission
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
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