Optical system design and integration of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter

Luis Ramos-Izquierdo; V Stanley Scott 3rd; Joseph Connelly; Stephen Schmidt; William Mamakos; Jeffrey Guzek; Carlton Peters; Peter Liiva; Michael Rodriguez; John Cavanaugh; Haris Riris

doi:10.1364/ao.48.003035

Optical system design and integration of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter

Appl Opt. 2009 Jun 1;48(16):3035-49. doi: 10.1364/ao.48.003035.

Authors

Luis Ramos-Izquierdo¹, V Stanley Scott 3rd, Joseph Connelly, Stephen Schmidt, William Mamakos, Jeffrey Guzek, Carlton Peters, Peter Liiva, Michael Rodriguez, John Cavanaugh, Haris Riris

Affiliation

¹ NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Optics Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA. Luis.A.Ramos-Izquierdo@nasa.gov

PMID: 19488116
DOI: 10.1364/ao.48.003035

Abstract

The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), developed for the 2009 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, is designed to measure the Moon's topography via laser ranging. A description of the LOLA optical system and its measured optical performance during instrument-level and spacecraft-level integration and testing are presented.