The optical fiber array bundle assemblies for the NASA lunar reconnaissance orbiter; evaluation lessons learned for flight implementation from the NASA electronic parts and packaging program

Melanie N. Ott; Robert Switzer; Richard Chuska; Frank LaRocca; William Joe Thomes; Lance W. Day; Shawn MacMurphy

doi:10.1117/12.2308221

21 November 2017 The optical fiber array bundle assemblies for the NASA lunar reconnaissance orbiter; evaluation lessons learned for flight implementation from the NASA electronic parts and packaging program

Melanie N. Ott, Robert Switzer, Richard Chuska, Frank LaRocca, William Joe Thomes, Lance W. Day, Shawn MacMurphy

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Proceedings Volume 10566, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2008; 1056618 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308221
Event: International Conference on Space Optics 2008, 2008, Toulouse, France

Abstract

The United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Fiber Optics Team in the Electrical Engineering Division of the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, designed, developed and integrated the space flight optical fiber array hardware assemblies for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The two new assemblies that were designed and manufacturing at NASA GSFC for the LRO exist in configurations that are unique in the world for the application of ranging and lidar. These assemblies were developed in coordination with Diamond Switzerland, and the NASA GSFC Mechanical Systems Division.

The assemblies represent a strategic enhancement for NASA’s Laser Ranging and Laser Radar (LIDAR) instrument hardware by allowing light to be moved to alternative locations that were not feasible in past space flight implementations. An account will be described of the journey and the lessons learned from design to integration for the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and the Laser Ranging Application on the LRO. The LRO is scheduled to launch end of 2008.

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Melanie N. Ott, Robert Switzer, Richard Chuska, Frank LaRocca, William Joe Thomes, Lance W. Day, and Shawn MacMurphy "The optical fiber array bundle assemblies for the NASA lunar reconnaissance orbiter; evaluation lessons learned for flight implementation from the NASA electronic parts and packaging program", Proc. SPIE 10566, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2008, 1056618 (21 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308221

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