BepiColombo Laser Altimeter performance tests
Abstract
The first European laser altimeter designed for interplanetary flight, BELA (BepiColombo Laser Altimeter) is ready to be integrated on the BepiColombo spacecraft to be launched to Mercury in July 2016 [1]. The flight instrument is currently installed in its calibration laboratory at the University of Bern where it is being tested to assess its performance. This abstract describes the different tests, run using data from Mercury and the Moon. Results on these ongoing tests will be presented in detail at the conference.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- April 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014EPSC....9...64G