Laser Dynamic Range Imager
- Laser Dynamic Range Imager
The Laser Dynamic Range Imager (LDRI) is a LADAR device developed by Sandia National Laboratories for the United States Space Shuttle program. The sensor was developed as part of NASA's Return to Flight effort following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster to provide 2-D and 3-D images of the Thermal Protection System on the Space Shuttle Orbiter.
The LDRI generates 3-dimensional images from 2-dimensional video. Modulated laser illumination is demodulated by the receive optics, and the resulting video sequences can be processed to produce 3-d images. The modulation produces a flickering effect from frame-to-frame in the video imagery.
As part of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, the LDRI is mounted at the end of the boom on a pan-tilt unit (PTU) along with an intensified video camera (ITVC). During 2-dimensional imaging of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels on the leading edge of the shuttle's wings, the LDRI is capable of seeing damage as small as a 0.020-inch crack. [ [http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2005/aerospace/nasashuttle.html "Sandia assists NASA with several shuttle projects,"] Sandia National Laboratories Press Release, August 17, 2005, Retrieved July 7, 2006.]
During the mission STS-114, the LDRI was used to obtain 3-D measurements of a loose gap filler on the underside of the orbiter. The LDRI also flew on the subsequent mission, STS-121. On this mission, NASA TV broadcast live raw video from the LDRI of the entire wing leading edge and nosecap surveys on flight day 2.
An earlier version of the LDRI originally flew as a DTO on STS-97. [ [http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/sts-97/dto102.htm STS-97 DTO: Laser Dynamic Range Imager (LDRI) ] ]
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