A highly accurate, noncoherent technique for spacecraft doppler tracking

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 963-973

  Jensen, J Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONCOHERENT SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION TECHNIQUE; TELEMETRY AIDED DOPPLER TRACKING;

DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPACECRAFT; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS; TRANSCEIVERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

RADAR TRACKING;

EID: 0033155624     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.784066     Document Type: Article

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