Laser altimeter
Laser-assisted planetary observationThe challenge
Today, the planets of our solar system are within easy reach. Scientists have made a giant leap forward over the last decade in their ability to gather intelligence on planetary missions.
Our solution
HENSOLDT provides the key to correlating information gathered on planetary missions with topographical data: Proven and reliable laser altimeter have been installed on board of various satellite missions to our neighbouring planets as for example on the BebiColombo mission to explore Mercury as well as ESA´s JUICE mission to learn more about Jupiter and its icy moons.
HENSOLDT´s lasers for space applications benefit from insights and experience gained with a world-class platform – our very successful laser rangefinders for military applications. The best practices and lessons learned with terrestrial lasers, paired with excellence in space instrumentation, enabled our engineers to vault into into laser-assisted planetary observation and hit the ground running.
Features and benefits
Features
- Autonomous laser control electronics
- Adjustable pulse rate, adjustable pulse energy
- BITE, housekeeping & performance read-out
- Fully redundant laser operation, space qualified optics and structure
- At least 10 years of operation