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24 September 2002 Stability testing of a carbon fiber composite optical bench for use in the spacebased LIDAR mission: CALIPSO (Picasso-Cena)
Brian E. Catanzaro, Joseph C. Hylton, Pat Bass, Brian D. Stumm
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The CALIPSO LIDAR is a two-channel visible/infrared, polarization sensitive space based instrument. The mission specifies a lightweight, thermally stable platform for the lasers, 1-m telescope, and LIDAR instrumentation. Stability requirements include ±26 μrad boresight stability between the telescope and the laser as well as ±10 μm optical bench thickness stability and ±70 μm stability of components on the optical bench. The environment for these performance criteria is a 0 C to 50 C space environment. In order to demonstrate performance, a laser tracker, a laser comparator, and an electronic autocollimator were used in conjunction with an environmental chamber to measure the stability of the structure over the operating temperature range.
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Brian E. Catanzaro, Joseph C. Hylton, Pat Bass, and Brian D. Stumm "Stability testing of a carbon fiber composite optical bench for use in the spacebased LIDAR mission: CALIPSO (Picasso-Cena)", Proc. SPIE 4814, Earth Observing Systems VII, (24 September 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453745
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KEYWORDS
LIDAR

Optical benches

Space telescopes

Carbon

Composites

Laser stabilization

Telescopes

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