Reducing antenna mechanical noise in precision spacecraft tracking

Radio Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Armstrong, J W ^a   Estabrook, F B ^a   Asmar, S W ^a   Iess, L ^b   Tortora, P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Università degli Studi di Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL STABILITY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NASA; RADIO NAVIGATION; SPACE PROBES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; DEEP SPACE NETWORKS; DOPPLER FREQUENCY; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION; TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 67449083647     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007RS003766     Document Type: Article

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