Approach to space-qualification of the ICESat-2 laser transmitter

Floyd Hovis; Nick Sawruk; Mark Stephen; Joel Edelman; Slava Litvinovitch; Ryan Edwards; Joe Rudd; Jim Bautch; Elias Fakhoury

doi:10.1117/12.2026269

17 September 2013 Approach to space-qualification of the ICESat-2 laser transmitter

Floyd Hovis, Nick Sawruk, Mark Stephen, Joel Edelman, Slava Litvinovitch, Ryan Edwards, Joe Rudd, Jim Bautch, Elias Fakhoury

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Proceedings Volume 8872, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XIV; 887203 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026269
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The design of space-flight hardware is typically required to be at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6 before the build of the actual flight hardware can begin. At the early design phase the "relevant environment" for TRL-6 is frequently not well defined. For the ICESat-2 laser relevant environment was defined as the qualification levels in GEVS (General Environmental Verification Standard, GSFC-STD-7000). Our approach to dealing with the high-frequency content of the 14.1 grms random vibration levels in GEVS was a flexure mounted canister design that filtered the highfrequency content. In our talk we will discuss the program and system level implications of this design approach.

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Floyd Hovis, Nick Sawruk, Mark Stephen, Joel Edelman, Slava Litvinovitch, Ryan Edwards, Joe Rudd, Jim Bautch, and Elias Fakhoury "Approach to space-qualification of the ICESat-2 laser transmitter", Proc. SPIE 8872, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XIV, 887203 (17 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026269

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