Radar altimeters measure height above ground level (AGL) by timing reflected signals, providing direct ground clearance information distinct from pressure altimeters which measure altitude above mean ...

Mid-Continent Instruments has received TSO certification and started delivering two new instruments, the MD15 two-in. altimeter and the MD25 two-in. airspeed indicator. “The MD15 altimeter and MD25 ...

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), today announced that the laser altimeter instrument it built for the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) contribution to NASA’s Origins, Spectral ...

NASA's 'ICESat-2' satellite, featuring a single-instrument laser altimeter payload, has launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base and is said to be "healthy" on arrival in orbit, with its ...

Here is a neat project I found at Matjaž Vidmar’s Website. The purpose of this project was to design an accurate radio altimeter with a dual-channel (quadrature) homodyne receiver. This new design ...