A laser altimeter for BepiColombo mission: Instrument design and performance model

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 645-660

  Santovito, Maria Rosaria ^a   Tommasi, Leonardo ^b   Sgarzi, Germano ^b   Romoli, Andrea ^b   Mattei, Stefania ^a   Murphy, Eamonn ^c   Rando, Nicola ^c  

^a CoRiSTA Consortium for Research on Advanced Remote Sensing Systems ^*  (Italy)

^b GALILEO AVIONICA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BepiColombo mission; Laser altimeter; Mercury; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINE DESIGN; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT;

BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; LASER ALTIMETERS; MERCURY; TOPOGRAPHY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33745052893     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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