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SARAL

RetroReflector Array (RRA) Characteristics:

SARAL LLR
Courtesy of CNES

Additional Information:
  • David A. Arnold, Nominal SARAL Transfer Function, NASA/TM–2015-217533, Editor: Frank Lemoine, July, 2015
  • SARAL retroreflector information (Richard Biancale/CNES at ILRS AWG meeting, 04/07/2013)
  • Vincent Costes ; Karine Gasc ; Pierre Sengenes ; Corinne Salcedo ; Stephan Imperiali ; Bernard Passier ; Christian Du Jeu and Laurent Escarrat, "Design and development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL", Proc. SPIE 7813, Remote Sensing System Engineering III, 78130I (August 26, 2010); doi:10.1117/12.863537; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.863537