The lunar reconnaissance orbiter laser ranging investigation

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 63-80

  Zuber, Maria T ^a   Smith, David E ^b   Zellar, Ronald S ^b   Neumann, Gregory A ^b   Sun, Xiaoli ^b   Katz, Richard B ^b   Kleyner, Igor ^b   Matuszeski, Adam ^b   McGarry, Jan F ^b   Ott, Melanie N ^b   Ramos Izquierdo, Luis A ^b   Rowlands, David D ^b   Torrence, Mark H ^c   Zagwodzki, Thomas W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser ranging; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Moon; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS; DATA RECEPTION; DATA SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES; FIBEROPTIC CABLES; FLIGHT SYSTEMS; GEODETIC GRIDS; GROUND STATIONS; GROUND SYSTEMS; GROUND TRACKING; HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS; LASER ALTIMETER; LASER RANGING; LASER SIGNALS; LINE OF SIGHT; LUNAR ORBITER; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY LINKS; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SCIENCE OPERATIONS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ANTENNAS; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; ORBITS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACECRAFT;

MOON;

EID: 77950187780     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9511-z     Document Type: Article

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