PHAROS: an agile satellite-borne laser guidestar

Alain H. Greenaway; Stuart E. Clark

doi:10.1117/12.177692

8 June 1994 PHAROS: an agile satellite-borne laser guidestar

Alain H. Greenaway, Stuart E. Clark

Proceedings Volume 2120, Laser Beam Propagation and Control; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177692
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The sensitivity of space debris detection using a satellite-borne, low-power laser as a reference for terrestrial adaptive optics is considered. It is shown that there is sufficient sensitivity to permit detection of sunlit particles of debris a few cm in diameter.

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Alain H. Greenaway and Stuart E. Clark "PHAROS: an agile satellite-borne laser guidestar", Proc. SPIE 2120, Laser Beam Propagation and Control, (8 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177692

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