Ground-based tracking of the Huygens Probe during the Titan descent

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 544, 2004, Pages 191-196

  Folkner, W M ^a   Border, J S ^a   Lowe, S T ^a   Preston, R A ^a   Bird, M K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ORBITS; PHASE MODULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; TELEMETERING; WIND;

PROBE TRANSMISSION; RADIO SIGNALS; RADIO TRACKING;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1542366526     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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