Spacecraft Doppler tracking: Noise budget and accuracy achievable in precision radio science observations

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Asmar, S W ^a   Armstrong, J W ^a   Iess, L ^b   Tortora, P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c University of Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RADIO LINKS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACECRAFT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRACKING (POSITION);

DOPPLER SENSITIVITY; DOPPLER TRACKING MEASUREMENT; RADIO SCIENCE; SPACECRAFT DOPPLER TRACKING;

PROBES;

EID: 20444369879     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003101     Document Type: Article

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