In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer

Publikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Forschung › Peer-Review

Autorschaft

  • Klaus Abich
  • Alexander Abramovici
  • Bengie Amparan
  • Andreas Baatzsch
  • Brian Bachman Okihiro
  • David C. Barr
  • Maxime P. Bize
  • Claus Braxmaier
  • Michael J. Burke
  • Ken C. Clark
  • Christian Dahl
  • Katrin Dahl
  • Karsten Danzmann
  • Mike A. Davis
  • Glenn De Vine
  • Jeffrey A. Dickson
  • Serge Dubovitsky
  • Andreas Eckardt
  • Thomas Ester
  • Germán Fernández Barranco
  • Reinhold Flatscher
  • Frank Flechtner
  • William M. Folkner
  • Samuel Francis
  • Martin S. Gilbert
  • Frank Gilles
  • Martin Gohlke
  • Nicolas Grossard
  • Burghardt Guenther
  • Philipp Hager
  • Jerome Hauden
  • Frank Heine
  • Gerhard Heinzel
  • Mark Herding
  • Martin Hinz
  • James Howell
  • Mark Katsumura
  • Marina Kaufer
  • William Klipstein
  • Alexander Koch
  • Micah Kruger
  • Kameron Larsen
  • Anton Lebeda
  • Arnold Lebeda
  • Thomas Leikert
  • Carl Christian Liebe
  • Jehhal Liu
  • Lynette Lobmeyer
  • Thomas Mangoldt
  • Kirk Mckenzie
  • Phillip R. Morton
  • Alexander T. Murray
  • Don J. Nguyen
  • Kolja Nicklaus
  • Robert Pierce
  • Joshua A. Ravich
  • Gretchen Reavis
  • Jens Reiche
  • Josep Sanjuan
  • Christoph Seiter
  • Daniel Shaddock
  • Michael Sileo
  • Robert Spero
  • Gary Spiers
  • Michelle Stephens
  • Andrew Sutton
  • Joseph Trinh
  • Kai Voss
  • Duo Wang
  • Rabi T. Wang
  • Brent Ware
  • Henry Wegener
  • Steve Windisch
  • Christopher Woodruff
  • Bernd Zender
  • Marcus Zimmermann
  • Christina Bogan
  • Christoph Mahrdt
  • Malte Misfeldt
  • Vitali Müller
  • Daniel Schütze
  • Benjamin Sheard
  • Gunnar Stede

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  • Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer031101
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang123
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 19 Juli 2019

Abstract

The Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI) instrument on the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Follow-On mission has provided the first laser interferometric range measurements between remote spacecraft, separated by approximately 220 km. Autonomous controls that lock the laser frequency to a cavity reference and establish the 5 degrees of freedom two-way laser link between remote spacecraft succeeded on the first attempt. Active beam pointing based on differential wave front sensing compensates spacecraft attitude fluctuations. The LRI has operated continuously without breaks in phase tracking for more than 50 days, and has shown biased range measurements similar to the primary ranging instrument based on microwaves, but with much less noise at a level of 1 nm/Hz at Fourier frequencies above 100 mHz.

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In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer. / Abich, Klaus; Abramovici, Alexander; Amparan, Bengie et al.
in: Physical review letters, Jahrgang 123, Nr. 3, 031101, 19.07.2019.

Publikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Forschung › Peer-Review

Abich, K, Abramovici, A, Amparan, B, Baatzsch, A, Okihiro, BB, Barr, DC, Bize, MP, Braxmaier, C, Burke, MJ, Clark, KC, Dahl, C, Dahl, K, Danzmann, K, Davis, MA, De Vine, G, Dickson, JA, Dubovitsky, S, Eckardt, A, Ester, T, Barranco, GF, Flatscher, R, Flechtner, F, Folkner, WM, Francis, S, Gilbert, MS, Gilles, F, Gohlke, M, Grossard, N, Guenther, B, Hager, P, Hauden, J, Heine, F, Heinzel, G, Herding, M, Hinz, M, Howell, J, Katsumura, M, Kaufer, M, Klipstein, W, Koch, A, Kruger, M, Larsen, K, Lebeda, A, Lebeda, A, Leikert, T, Liebe, CC, Liu, J, Lobmeyer, L, Mangoldt, T, Mckenzie, K, Morton, PR, Murray, AT, Nguyen, DJ, Nicklaus, K, Pierce, R, Ravich, JA, Reavis, G, Reiche, J, Sanjuan, J, Seiter, C, Shaddock, D, Sileo, M, Spero, R, Spiers, G, Stephens, M, Sutton, A, Trinh, J, Voss, K, Wang, D, Wang, RT, Ware, B, Wegener, H, Windisch, S, Woodruff, C, Zender, B, Zimmermann, M, Bogan, C, Mahrdt, C, Misfeldt, M, Müller, V, Schütze, D, Sheard, B & Stede, G 2019, 'In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer', Physical review letters, Jg. 123, Nr. 3, 031101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031101
Abich, K., Abramovici, A., Amparan, B., Baatzsch, A., Okihiro, B. B., Barr, D. C., Bize, M. P., Braxmaier, C., Burke, M. J., Clark, K. C., Dahl, C., Dahl, K., Danzmann, K., Davis, M. A., De Vine, G., Dickson, J. A., Dubovitsky, S., Eckardt, A., Ester, T., ... Stede, G. (2019). In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer. Physical review letters, 123(3), Artikel 031101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031101
Abich K, Abramovici A, Amparan B, Baatzsch A, Okihiro BB, Barr DC et al. In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer. Physical review letters. 2019 Jul 19;123(3):031101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031101
Abich, Klaus ; Abramovici, Alexander ; Amparan, Bengie et al. / In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer. in: Physical review letters. 2019 ; Jahrgang 123, Nr. 3.
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