NSSDCA ID: 1965-032A-03
Mission Name: BE-CThe passive optical laser experiment, which consisted of nine panels on the spacecraft, was used to determine the spacecraft range and angle. Each panel was covered with 40 quartz cube-corner prisms that provided laser tracking capabilities for optical tracking studies. The ground-based optical transmitter was a pulsed 1-ms ruby laser. A photo detector determined whether the laser beam interrupted the spacecraft.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Henry H. Plotkin | General Contact | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
Mr. Chris C. Stephanides | Other Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
Mr. John H. Berbert | Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | jberbert@rattler.gsfc.nasa.gov |