Mini-SAR: An imaging radar experiment for the Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Spudis, Paul ^a   Nozette, Stewart ^a   Bussey, Ben ^b   Raney, Keith ^b   Winters, Helene ^b   Lichtenberg, Christopher L ^c   Marinelli, William ^d   Crusan, Jason C ^d   Gates, Michele M ^d  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice; Moon; Poles; Radar; SAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649505539     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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