Covering a sphere with retroreflectors

Covering a sphere with retroreflectors

One of the future missions for Mars involves returning a soil sample from the Martian surface to Earth. The sample will be deposited in a spherical canister, shot into Mar's orbit and then subsequently captured by a spacecraft for the return journey. This paper discusses how retroreflectors can...

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Hauptverfasser: Clouse, D., Liebe, C.C., Padgett, C., Bartman, R.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Computer simulation
Containers
Diffraction
Earth
Interference
Laser radar
Mars
Photovoltaic cells
Soil
Space vehicles
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Zusammenfassung:One of the future missions for Mars involves returning a soil sample from the Martian surface to Earth. The sample will be deposited in a spherical canister, shot into Mar's orbit and then subsequently captured by a spacecraft for the return journey. This paper discusses how retroreflectors can be placed on the orbiting sample canister with the objective of maximizing returned light from a scanning laser system. The retroreflectors are vital for acquisition of the sample canister during the terminal rendezvous phase (
ISSN:1095-323X
DOI:10.1109/AERO.2001.931380