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Doppler and range determination for deep space vehicles using active optical transpondersThis paper describes and analyzes two types of laser system employing active transponders that could accurately determine Doppler and range to deep space vehicles from earth-orbiting satellites. The first is a noncoherent optical system in which the Doppler effect on an intensity-modulating subcarrier is measured. The second is a coherent optical system in which the Doppler effect of the optical carrier itself is measured. Doppler and range measurement errors are mathematically modeled and, for three example systems, numerically evaluated.
Document ID
19890029475
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kinman, Peter W.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Gagliardi, Robert M.
(Southern California, University Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 27
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Accession Number
89A16846
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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