Skylab-Earth laser-beacon experiment: results and analysis
| Autor: | Jack L. Bufton, Louis O. Caudill, Kenneth R. Piech, Thomas E. McGunigal |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Spacecraft
business.industry Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics General Engineering Diffuse sky radiation Laser law.invention Beacon On board Physics::Popular Physics Optics Space optics law Computer Science::Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Physics::Space Physics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics business Laser beams Atmospheric optics Geology Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Optical Society of America. 69:1180 |
| ISSN: | 0030-3941 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/josa.69.001180 |
| Popis: | Photographs of a ground-based laser beacon were taken by astronauts on board the Skylab spacecraft. Unexpected large and elliptical laser-beam images were recorded. The photographic results are presented and discussed in terms of possible atmospheric scattering mechanisms. Current beacon experiments with the Landsat spacecraft are also discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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