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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2015.32.3.209

Design and Development of High-Repetition-Rate Satellite Laser Ranging System  

Choi, Eun-Jung (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Bang, Seong-Cheol (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Sung, Ki-Pyoung (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Lim, Hyung-Chul (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Jung, Chan-Gyu (Satrec Initiative)
Kim, In-Yeung (Satrec Initiative)
Choi, Jae-Seung (Satrec Initiative)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.32, no.3, 2015 , pp. 209-219 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Accurate Ranging System for Geodetic Observation - Mobile (ARGO-M) was successfully developed as the first Korean mobile Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system in 2012, and has joined in the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) tracking network, DAEdeoK (DAEK) station. The DAEK SLR station was approved as a validated station in April 2014, through the ILRS station "data validation" process. The ARGO-M system is designed to enable 2 kHz laser ranging with millimeter-level precision for geodetic, remote sensing, navigation, and experimental satellites equipped with Laser Retro-reflector Arrays (LRAs). In this paper, we present the design and development of a next generation high-repetition-rate SLR system for ARGO-M. The laser ranging rate up to 10 kHz is becoming an important issue in the SLR community to improve ranging precision. To implement high-repetition-rate SLR system, the High-repetition-rate SLR operation system (HSLR-10) was designed and developed using ARGO-M Range Gate Generator (A-RGG), so as to enable laser ranging from 50 Hz to 10 kHz. HSLR-10 includes both hardware controlling software and data post-processing software. This paper shows the design and development of key technologies of high-repetition-rate SLR system. The developed system was tested successfully at DAEK station and then moved to Sejong station, a new Korean SLR station, on July 1, 2015. HSLR-10 will begin normal operations at Sejong station in the near future.
Keywords
satellite laser ranging; ARGO-M; high-repetition ranging rate; A-RGG; HSLR-10;
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