Telecommunications for Mars rovers and robotic missions

Space Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-213

  Horne, William D ^a   Hastrup, Rolf ^b   Cesarone, Robert ^b  

^a Stanford Telecommunications Inc Reston   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0003771076     PISSN: 08929270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-9270(97)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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