ADEOS-2
RetroReflector Array (RRA) Characteristics:
Courtesy of HTSI
The corner cubes are made of research grade radiation resistant suprasil quartz. Their performance is optimized at the green wavelength, 532 nanometers. The corner cubes are symmetrically mounted on a hemispherical surface with one nadir-looking corner cube in the center, surrounded by an angled ring of eight corner cubes. This will allow laser ranging in the field of view angles of 360 degrees in azimuth and 60 degrees elevation around the perpendicular to the satellite's -Zs earth panel. The design is identical to the GFO-1 array.
More information about the array can be found on the JAXA ADEOS-2 RRA page.
