The Bepi Colombo Laser Altimeter (BELA): Concept and baseline design

Thomas, N. and Spohn, T. and Barriot, J.-P. and Benz, W. and Beutler, G. and Christensen, U. and Dehant, V. and Fallnich, C. and Giardini, D. and Groussin, O. and Gunderson, K. and Hauber, E. and Hilchenbach, M. and Iess, L. and Lamy, P. and Lara, L.-M. and Lognonné, P. and Lopez-Moreno, J.J. and Michaelis, H. and Oberst, J. and Resendes, D. and Reynaud, J.-L. and Rodrigo, R. and Sasaki, S. and Seiferlin, K. and Wieczorek, M. and Whitby, J. (2007) The Bepi Colombo Laser Altimeter (BELA): Concept and baseline design. Planetary and Space Science, 55, pp. 1398-1413. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.03.003.

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Abstract

The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) has been selected for flight on board the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO). The experiment is intended to be Europe’s first planetary laser altimeter system. Although the proposed system has similarities to the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) currently flying on board NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury, the specific orbit and construction of the MPO force the use of novel concepts for BELA. Furthermore, the base-lined range-finding approach is novel. In this paper, we describe the BELA system and show preliminary results from some prototype testing.

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Document Type:

Article

Title:

The Bepi Colombo Laser Altimeter (BELA): Concept and baseline design

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Thomas, N.	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Spohn, T.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Barriot, J.-P.	Bureau Gravimetrique International, Avenue Edouard Belin 18, F-31055 Toulouse, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Benz, W.	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Beutler, G.	Astronomy Institute, Sidlerstr. 5, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Christensen, U.	Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Dehant, V.	Royal Observatory of Belgium, 3 avenue Circulaire, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Fallnich, C.	Physikalische-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Giardini, D.	Institute of Geophysics/Swiss Seismological Service, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, (ETHZ), Honggerberg, CH-3093 Zurich, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Groussin, O.	Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Gunderson, K.	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hauber, E.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hilchenbach, M.	Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Iess, L.	Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale e Astronautica, Universita’ degli Studi di Roma ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lamy, P.	Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Site Peiresc, Traverse du Siphon-Les Trois Lucs, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lara, L.-M.	Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, C/ Camino Bajo de Hue´tor 24, 18008 Granada, Spain	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lognonné, P.	Département de Géophysique Spatiale et Planétaire/UMR7096-CNRS, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 Avenue de Neptune,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lopez-Moreno, J.J.	Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, C/ Camino Bajo de Hue´tor 24, 18008 Granada, Spain	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Michaelis, H.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Oberst, J.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Resendes, D.	Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Reynaud, J.-L.	Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Site Peiresc, Traverse du Siphon-Les Trois Lucs, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Rodrigo, R.	Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, C/ Camino Bajo de Hue´tor 24, 18008 Granada, Spain	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sasaki, S.	Planetary Sciences Group, Geological Institute, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Seiferlin, K.	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wieczorek, M.	Département de Géophysique Spatiale et Planétaire/UMR7096-CNRS, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 Avenue de Neptune,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Whitby, J.	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2007

Journal or Publication Title:

Planetary and Space Science

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.1016/j.pss.2007.03.003

Page Range:

pp. 1398-1413

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Mercury, BepiColombo, Laser altimetry, Instrument design

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)

HGF - Program:

Space (old)

HGF - Program Themes:

W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums

DLR - Research area:

Space

DLR - Program:

W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums

DLR - Research theme (Project):

W - Vorhaben BepiColombo (old)

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

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

Deposited By:

Jänchen, Judit

Deposited On:

26 Jul 2007

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27 Apr 2009 14:08

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