Lidar and Laser Technology for NASA’S Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Payload on The International Space Station (JEM-EF)

Lidar and Laser Technology for NASA’S Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Payload on The International Space Station (JEM-EF)

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This paper describes the ISS lidar technology provided by Fibertek, Inc.in support of the NASA GSFC Motor Vehicle Suspension Parts CATS mission and provides an assessment of the in-flight systems performance and lessons learned.During February the systems successfully operated in space for more than 300 hours using 25 W average power Lids lasers and photon counting of aerosol atmospheric returns.