A millimeter-wave phased array radar for hazard detection and avoidance on planetary landers

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1115-1122

  Pollard, Brian D ^a   Sadowy, Gregory ^a   Moller, Delwyn ^a   Rodriguez, Ernesto ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE APPROACHES; COHERENT MEASUREMENT; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUIPMENT TESTING; HAZARDS; LANDING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NASA; OPTICAL SENSORS; PLANETARY LANDERS;

TRACKING RADAR;

EID: 72549083151     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2003.1235525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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