Spin motion of the AJISAI satellite derived from spectral analysis of laser ranging data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1417-1424

  Otsubo, Toshimichi ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOMAGNETISM; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MULTIPHOTON LASER RANGING SYSTEMS; SATELLITE ATTITUDE; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SPACE GEODESY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 0033716409     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.843036     Document Type: Article

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