The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: Development history and early mission status

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 564-571

  McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^a,c   Solomon, Sean C ^b,c   Gold, Robert E ^a,c   Leary, James C ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Various Institutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; MESSENGER; Planetary science

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTH (PLANET); PLANETS; SPACECRAFT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MERCURY; MESSENGER; PLANETARY SCIENCE; SPACECRAFT TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750999960     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.044     Document Type: Article

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