Optical Design of a Miniaturized Laser Altimeter Implementing Single-Photon Counting Detection for Topographic Mapping using Small Satellites

Affatato, Vincent and Althaus, Christian and Binger, Jan and Grott, Matthias and Hußmann, Hauke and Hüttig, Christian and Lingenauber, Kay and Potin, Sandra and Saathof, Rudolf and Stark, Alexander (2024) Optical Design of a Miniaturized Laser Altimeter Implementing Single-Photon Counting Detection for Topographic Mapping using Small Satellites. Europlanet Science Congress 2024, 2024-09-08 - 2024-09-13, Berlin, Deutschland. doi: 10.5194/epsc2024-474.

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Abstract

The goal of the current project is to pave the path for adapting the technology developed with BELA and GALA to the new scales being explored by small satellites and CubeSats. Indeed, the mass of the instruments (15 kg for BELA, 25 kg for GALA), their power consumption of about 50 W, and their receiver apertures of about 25 cm diameter [3,4] are not conducive to use on small satellite platforms. Here, we will report on the development of an elegant breadboard for a 3 CubeSat-Units laser altimeter implementing a transceiver design with an 8 cm aperture using Commercial Off-The-Shelf components (COTS) and a SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode) array detector.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/207244/

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Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)

Title:

Optical Design of a Miniaturized Laser Altimeter Implementing Single-Photon Counting Detection for Topographic Mapping using Small Satellites

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Affatato, Vincent	TU Delft	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Althaus, Christian	Christian.Althaus (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1257-3867	169359546
Binger, Jan	Jan.Binger (at) dlr.de	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Grott, Matthias	Matthias.Grott (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-7096	UNSPECIFIED
Hußmann, Hauke	Hauke.Hussmann (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-0232	UNSPECIFIED
Hüttig, Christian	Christian.Huettig (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3621-7000	169359547
Lingenauber, Kay	kay.lingenauber (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-9603	169359548
Potin, Sandra	Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Saathof, Rudolf	Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Stark, Alexander	Alexander.Stark (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9110-1138	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

9 September 2024

Refereed publication:

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

In ISI Web of Science:

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/epsc2024-474

Series Name:

EPSC Abstracts

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Single Photon, Laser Altimeter, Tranceiver, Design

Event Title:

Europlanet Science Congress 2024

Event Location:

Berlin, Deutschland

Event Type:

international Conference

Event Start Date:

8 September 2024

Event End Date:

13 September 2024

Organizer:

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Instrument development

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Sensor Systems
Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geodesy

Deposited By:

Althaus, Christian

Deposited On:

11 Oct 2024 13:11

Last Modified:

24 Nov 2025 16:25

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