NASA Ground-Based and Space-Based Laser Ranging Systems

摘要

Since the beginning of their development m the early 1960 s, laser ranging systems have grown substantially within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and have produced important precision-orbit and gravity-field determination results. Laser ranging is expected to help unlock the mysteries of the earthquake phenomenon by producing unique results of crustal motions of the Earth. The current state of the art and future projections are presented herein, including principal applications and characteristics of typical systems.