The design and construction of a prototype lateral-transfer retro-reflector for inter-satellite laser ranging

被引：14

作者：

Ward, R. L. ^{[1
]}

Fleddermann, R. ^{[1
]}

Francis, S. ^{[1
]}

Mow-Lowry, C. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Wuchenich, D. ^{[1
]}

Elliot, M. ^{[1
]}

Gilles, F. ^{[4
]}

Herding, M. ^{[4
]}

Nicklaus, K. ^{[4
]}

Brown, J. ^{[5
]}

Burke, J. ^{[6
]}

Dligatch, S. ^{[5
]}

Farrant, D. ^{[5
]}

Green, K. ^{[5
]}

Seckold, J. ^{[5
]}

Blundell, M. ^{[7
]}

Brister, R. ^{[7
]}

Smith, C. ^{[7
]}

Danzmann, K. ^{[2
]}

Heinzel, G. ^{[2
,3
]}

Schuetze, D. ^{[2
,3
]}

Sheard, B. S. ^{[2
,3
]}

Klipstein, W. ^{[8
]}

McClelland, D. E. ^{[1
]}

Shaddock, D. A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Australian Natl Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

[2] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Albert Einstein Inst, Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

[3] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Gravitat Phys, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

[4] SpaceTech GmbH, D-88090 Immenstaad, Germany

[5] CSIRO, Mat Sci & Engn, Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia

[6] BIAS, Opt Metrol & Optoelect Syst, D-28359 Bremen, Germany

[7] Mt Stromlo & Siding Spring Observ, EOS Space Syst, Weston, ACT 2611, Australia

[8] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

来源：

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY | 2014年 / 31卷 / 09期

关键词：

satellite interferometry; gravity measurement; precision optics; satellite optics;

D O I：

10.1088/0264-9381/31/9/095015

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, launched in 2002, is nearing an end, and a continuation mission (GRACE Follow-on) is on a fast-tracked development. GRACE Follow-on will include a laser ranging interferometer technology demonstrator, which will perform the first laser interferometric ranging measurement between separate spacecraft. This necessitates the development of lightweight precision optics that can operate in this demanding environment. In particular, this beam routing system, called the triple mirror assembly, for the GRACE Follow-on mission presents a significant manufacturing challenge. Here we report on the design and construction of a prototype triple mirror assembly for the GRACE Follow-on mission. Our constructed prototype has a co-alignment error between the incoming and outgoing beams of 9 mu rad, which meets the requirement that this error must be less than 10 mu rad.

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