ZY3-02 Laser Altimeter Footprint Geolocation Prediction

ZY3-02 Laser Altimeter Footprint Geolocation Prediction

Successfully launched on 30 May 2016, ZY3-02 is the first Chinese surveying and mapping satellite equipped with a lightweight laser altimeter. Calibration is necessary before the laser altimeter becomes operational. Laser footprint location prediction is the first step in calibration that is based on ground infrared detectors, and it is difficult because the sample frequency of the ZY3-02 laser...

Pointing Angle Calibration of ZY3-02 Satellite Laser Altimeter using Terrain Matching

After GLAS (Geo-science Laser Altimeter System) loaded on the ICESat (Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite), satellite laser altimeter attracts more and more attention. ZY3-02 equipped with the Chinese first satellite laser altimeter has been successfully launched on 30 May, 2016. The geometric calibration is an important step for the laser data processing and application. The method to calcu...

Laser Footprint Location (geolocation) and Surface Profiles

Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter pulse width measurements and footprint-scale roughness

[1] The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) measured the pulse width and energy of altimetric laser returns during the course of two Mars years of operations. As secondary science objectives, MOLA obtains the footprint-scale roughness and the bidirectional reflectivity of Mars. MOLA underwent extensive preflight calibration and pulse measurements were monitored continuously in flight, but anoma...

Geometric Potential Assessment for ZY3-02 Triple Linear Array Imagery

ZiYuan3-02 (ZY3-02) is the first remote sensing satellite for the development of China’s civil space infrastructure (CCSI) and the second satellite in the ZiYuan3 series; it was launched successfully on 30 May 2016, aboard the CZ-4B rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in China. Core payloads of ZY3-02 include a triple linear array camera (TLC) and a multi-spectral camera, and t...