First two-way laser ranging to a lunar orbiter: infrared observations from the Grasse station to LRO's retro-reflector array
Abstract We present the results of the first series of successful two-way laser ranging experiments from a ground station, the Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) station in Grasse, France, to a spacecraft at lunar distance, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). A 15 × 18 × 5 cm, 650-g array of twelve 32-mm...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2021-09-20T17:28:48Z.
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