Earth  ID: 11726

ATLAS: Laser Focus

Released on January 7, 2015
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Laser Focus: Timing

Deputy Systems Engineer Phil Luers explains how the ATLAS transmitter and receiver subsystems come together to calculate the timing of photons, which, in turn, measure the elevation of ice.

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Music: "Electric Works" by Philippe Lhommet, Koka Media; "From Source to Sea" by Christophe Lebled, Pierre Jacquot, Koka Media.

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Laser Focus: The Receiver

Opto-Mechanical Engineer Tyler Evans explains how the photons that bounce back from Earth are received and filtered by the ATLAS telescope.

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Laser Focus: The Transmitter

Opto-Mechanical Engineer Tyler Evans illustrates how the laser is transmitted from the ATLAS instrument on the ICESat-2 spacecraft.

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Credits

Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Producer
Thorsten Markus (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Videographer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Video Editor
John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
Kate Ramsayer (Telophase): Lead Writer
Valerie Casasanto (UMBC): Project Support
Thomas A. Neumann Ph.D. (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Tyler C Evans (SGT): Narrator
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
Anthony J. Martino (NASA/GSFC): Project Support
Philip J. Luers (NASA/GSFC): Lead Narrator
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA): Lead Animator
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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Laser
SVS >> Laser Altimeter
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Optics
SVS >> ICESat-2