Strobe Light Design for Full Aperture Calibration

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Engineering, 2005-06

Liaison(s): John F Silny
Advisor(s): Ruye Wang
Students(s): Laura Moyer (TL), Richard Garfinkel (S), Ephraim Lanford, Dane Lindlbad (F), John Parker (S), James Steele (F), Nancy Yu (F)

The project is focused around modeling, designing and testing a strobe light for use with a calibration system on a satellite. The team is validating the idea that a xenon strobe light will be a lower powered and spectrally more accurate and reliable system than those currently in use. There is also a phase adjustment aspect to the project to be able to precisely control when the strobe is fired.