A miniaturized single-photon counting laser altimeter for space applications
Past and current laser altimeter instruments in planetary research have high requirements in terms of mass, power and volume. We present a novel less resource-demanding concept based on single-photon counting techniques. The instrument concept was utilized in a flight campaign of which the setup and the data analysis is presented. A small-satellite mission to the Moon is outlined as well as further potential for miniaturization of the instrument concept.
Authors
- Kay Lingenauber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-9603)
- Jan Binger
- Hauke Hußmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-0232)
- Konrad Willner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-8477)
- Matthias Grott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-7096)
- Christian Hüttig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3621-7000)
- Alexander Stark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9110-1138)
- Vincent Affatato
- K. Gwinner
- Christian Althaus
Institutions
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3027657
- Primary Topic
- Infrared Target Detection Methodologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00