Next generation millimeter-wave radar for safe planetary landing

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pollard, Brian D ^a   Sadowy, Gregory ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS TERRAINS; RADAR VELOCIMETERS; SENSOR DESIGNS; SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION;

IMAGE SENSORS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33751543059     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2005.1559412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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