The design and construction of a prototype lateral-transfer retro-reflector for inter-satellite laser ranging

Robert Ward; Roland Fleddermann; Suzanne Francis; C Mow-Lowry; Danielle Wuchenich; Mary M Elliot; F Gilles; M Herding; K Nicklaus; J Brown; J Burke; S Dligatch; David Farrant; K Green; J Seckold; Mark Blundell; R Brister; Craig Smith; Karsten Danzmann; G Heinzel; D Schutze; Benjamin Sheard; William Klipstein; David McClelland; Daniel Shaddock

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/31/9/095015

The design and construction of a prototype lateral-transfer retro-reflector for inter-satellite laser ranging

Robert Ward, Roland Fleddermann, Suzanne Francis, C Mow-Lowry, Danielle Wuchenich, Mary M Elliot, F Gilles, M Herding, K Nicklaus, J Brown, J Burke, S Dligatch, David Farrant, K Green, J Seckold, Mark Blundell, R Brister, Craig Smith, Karsten Danzmann, G HeinzelD Schutze, Benjamin Sheard, William Klipstein, David McClelland, Daniel Shaddock

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The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, launched in 2002, is nearing an end, and a continuation mission (GRACE Follow-on) is on a fast-tracked development. GRACE Follow-on will include a laser ranging interferometer technology demonstrator, which will perform the first laser interferometric ranging measurement between separate spacecraft. This necessitates the development of lightweight precision optics that can operate in this demanding environment. In particular, this beam routing system, called the triple mirror assembly, for the GRACE Follow-on mission presents a significant manufacturing challenge. Here we report on the design and construction of a prototype triple mirror assembly for the GRACE Follow-on mission. Our constructed prototype has a co-alignment error between the incoming and outgoing beams of 9 ?rad, which meets the requirement that this error must be less than 10 ?rad.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	31
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/31/9/095015
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Ward, R., Fleddermann, R., Francis, S., Mow-Lowry, C., Wuchenich, D., Elliot, M. M., Gilles, F., Herding, M., Nicklaus, K., Brown, J., Burke, J., Dligatch, S., Farrant, D., Green, K., Seckold, J., Blundell, M., Brister, R., Smith, C., Danzmann, K., ... Shaddock, D. (2014). The design and construction of a prototype lateral-transfer retro-reflector for inter-satellite laser ranging. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31(9), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/31/9/095015

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