Lunar ranging instrument for Chandrayaan-1

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 725-731

  Kamalakar, J A ^a   Bhaskar, K V S ^a   Laxmi Prasad, A S ^a   Ranjith, R ^a   Lohar, K A ^a   Venketeswaran, R ^a   Alex, T K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Laser altimeter; Nd; Si APD; YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY; LASER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE MISSION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 33747886265     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02715957     Document Type: Article

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