An analysis of spacecraft localization from descent image data for pinpoint landing on Mars and other cratered bodies

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1197-1204

  Ansar, Adnan ^a   Cheng, Yang ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

CRATERED BODIES; IMAGE DATA; MARTIAN TERRAIN; SPACECRAFT LOCALIZATION;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 31344468070     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.71.10.1197     Document Type: Review

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