Radar observations in low Earth orbit

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-212

  Mehrholz, Dieter ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; ORBITS; RADAR ASTRONOMY; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR TRACKING;

SHAPE;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 0030649320     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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