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Design and Development of a Laser Fine Pointing Sensor

Ales, Filippo and Gath, Peter and Johann, Ulrich and Mandel, Oliver and Braxmaier, Claus (2015) Design and Development of a Laser Fine Pointing Sensor. AIAA SciTech 2015, Kissimmee, Florida, US.

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Abstract

Mission concepts that require high precision formation ying as gravitational wave ob- servatories or future geodesy missions rely on accurately determining the position (and/or accurately tracking) of a target satellite. The complexity of the pointing (tracking) sensor is related to the mission's requirements and the system's design. In this paper, a �ne point- ing sensor concept that avails on a laser link is presented. The sensor is designed to operate in the frequency range from 2 to 16MHz as it can be used in a heterodyne or homodyne con�guration. The sensor architecture integrates a �ne pointing mechanism to steer the laser beam and a quadrant photodiode to detect and track the target satellite. Signal lock is achieved using digital phase-locked loops hosted in a �eld programmable gate array. The robustness of the digital phase-locked loops in detecting the incoming laser signal has been tested with a heterodyne interferometer setup while other instrument's components have been tested using dedicated testbeds.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/93131/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Title:Design and Development of a Laser Fine Pointing Sensor
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Ales, FilippoAstrium GmbH, D-88039 Friedrichshafen, GermanyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gath, PeterAstrium GmbH FriedrichshafenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Johann, UlrichAstrium FriedrichshafenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mandel, OliverUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Braxmaier, ClausUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:2015
Refereed publication:No
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Status:Published
Keywords:tracking sensor, laser link
Event Title:AIAA SciTech 2015
Event Location:Kissimmee, Florida, US
Event Type:international Conference
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Space
HGF - Program Themes:Earth Observation
DLR - Research area:Raumfahrt
DLR - Program:R EO - Earth Observation
DLR - Research theme (Project):R - Vorhaben GRACE Follow-On (old)
Location: Bremen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Space Systems > Systems Enabling Technologies
Deposited By: Aguilera, Deborah
Deposited On:12 Feb 2016 09:44
Last Modified:15 Mar 2016 10:49

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