Programme
ESA Courses on Advanced Optics for Professionals:
Spaceborne Lidar Instruments
ESA/ESTEC, May 20-24, 2019
1st day: Monday 20 May
08:00 - 09:00 Course Check-in and Administrative Formalities
09:00 - 09:30 Course Welcome, Intro and Organization
Phase A Lectures
09:30 - 11:00 Ulla Wandinger: Lidar Types and Characteristics
11:00 - 11:30 --- Coffee Break --
11:30 – 12:30 Andreas Fix: Lidar in Space: Science and Applications
12:30 - 14:00 --- Lunch Break –
14:00 - 16:00 Arnaud Heliere: Overview of Past, Present and Future Space Lidar Missions
16:00 - 16:30 --- Coffee Break –
Phase B Lectures
16:30 - 18:00 Errico Armandillo: Preliminary Design
18:00 - 19:00 Questions and Answers Session #1
2nd day: Tuesday 21 May
09:00 - 10:00 Giorgos Tzeremes: Lidar System Detailed Design & Configuration
Phase C/D/E lectures
10:00 – 10:45 Markus Bode: Lidar Design I: Possible Tx configurations x Space Lidar
10:45 - 11:00 --- Coffee Break –
11:00 – 12:00 Adalberto Sapia: Lidar Design II: Tx Thermo-mechanical configuration, Qualification Challenges x Space Lidar
12:00 – 13:00 Markus Bode: Lidar Design III: Alternative Tx Implementation: The Merlin experience & potential alternative
13:00 – 14:00 --- Lunch Break --
14:00 - 15:30 David Rees: Lidar Design III: The Receiver Chain (from telescope to Focal Plane)
15:30 - 16:00 --- Coffee Break --
16:00 - 17:30 Matthias Gollor: Electrical and Power design
17:30 – 18:30 Questions and Answers Session #2
3rd day: Wednesday 22 May
09:00 - 10:30 Nick Nelms: Focal Plane & Detection
10:30 - 11:00 --- Coffee Break –
11:00 - 12:30 Aisling Shannon & Elena Checa: Thermo-Mechanical Design
12:30 - 14:00 --- Lunch Break –
14:00 - 15:30 Herbert Nett: Lidar data acquisition, in-flight calibration and processing
15:30- 16: 00 --- Coffee Break –
16:00 - 17:30 Questions and Answers Session #3
18:30 Bus Departing Social Dinner
4th day: Thursday 23 May
09:00 - 10:30 Adrian Tighe: Lidar Space Operation I: the Space Environment: Critical Laser Component Qualification
10:30 - 11:00 --- Coffee Break --
11:00 - 12:30 Mustapha Zahir: Lidar Space Operation II: Component Testing and Verification
12:30 - 14:00 --- Lunch Break --
14:00 -14:45 Herbert Nett: Satellite & Mission Concept
14:45 - 15:15 --- Coffee Break --
15:15 - 16:15 Ground Segment
- Flight Operations Segment (Tom Ormston)
- Payload Data Ground Segment & Phase E1 Activities (Herbert Nett)
16:15 -17:30 Denny Wernham: Lidar Workshop Session #4 : Aeolus Satellite Lesson Learnt + Questions and Answers
5th day: Friday 24 May
09:30 - 12:30 Visits to Estec Facilities
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Course conclusions and wrap-up
Spaceborne Lidar Instruments
ESA/ESTEC, May 20-24, 2019
1st day: Monday 20 May
08:00 - 09:00 Course Check-in and Administrative Formalities
09:00 - 09:30 Course Welcome, Intro and Organization
Phase A Lectures
09:30 - 11:00 Ulla Wandinger: Lidar Types and Characteristics
11:00 - 11:30 --- Coffee Break --
11:30 – 12:30 Andreas Fix: Lidar in Space: Science and Applications
12:30 - 14:00 --- Lunch Break –
14:00 - 16:00 Arnaud Heliere: Overview of Past, Present and Future Space Lidar Missions
16:00 - 16:30 --- Coffee Break –
Phase B Lectures
16:30 - 18:00 Errico Armandillo: Preliminary Design
18:00 - 19:00 Questions and Answers Session #1
2nd day: Tuesday 21 May
09:00 - 10:00 Giorgos Tzeremes: Lidar System Detailed Design & Configuration
Phase C/D/E lectures
10:00 – 10:45 Markus Bode: Lidar Design I: Possible Tx configurations x Space Lidar
10:45 - 11:00 --- Coffee Break –
11:00 – 12:00 Adalberto Sapia: Lidar Design II: Tx Thermo-mechanical configuration, Qualification Challenges x Space Lidar
12:00 – 13:00 Markus Bode: Lidar Design III: Alternative Tx Implementation: The Merlin experience & potential alternative
13:00 – 14:00 --- Lunch Break --
14:00 - 15:30 David Rees: Lidar Design III: The Receiver Chain (from telescope to Focal Plane)
15:30 - 16:00 --- Coffee Break --
16:00 - 17:30 Matthias Gollor: Electrical and Power design
17:30 – 18:30 Questions and Answers Session #2
3rd day: Wednesday 22 May
09:00 - 10:30 Nick Nelms: Focal Plane & Detection
10:30 - 11:00 --- Coffee Break –
11:00 - 12:30 Aisling Shannon & Elena Checa: Thermo-Mechanical Design
12:30 - 14:00 --- Lunch Break –
14:00 - 15:30 Herbert Nett: Lidar data acquisition, in-flight calibration and processing
15:30- 16: 00 --- Coffee Break –
16:00 - 17:30 Questions and Answers Session #3
18:30 Bus Departing Social Dinner
4th day: Thursday 23 May
09:00 - 10:30 Adrian Tighe: Lidar Space Operation I: the Space Environment: Critical Laser Component Qualification
10:30 - 11:00 --- Coffee Break --
11:00 - 12:30 Mustapha Zahir: Lidar Space Operation II: Component Testing and Verification
12:30 - 14:00 --- Lunch Break --
14:00 -14:45 Herbert Nett: Satellite & Mission Concept
14:45 - 15:15 --- Coffee Break --
15:15 - 16:15 Ground Segment
- Flight Operations Segment (Tom Ormston)
- Payload Data Ground Segment & Phase E1 Activities (Herbert Nett)
16:15 -17:30 Denny Wernham: Lidar Workshop Session #4 : Aeolus Satellite Lesson Learnt + Questions and Answers
5th day: Friday 24 May
09:30 - 12:30 Visits to Estec Facilities
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Course conclusions and wrap-up
