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Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep-Space Navigation focuses on a broad array of technologies and concepts developed over the last four decades to support radio navigation on interplanetary spacecraft. In addition to an overview of Earth-based radio navigation techniques, the book includes a simplified conceptual presentation of each radiometric measurement type, its information content, and the expected measeurement accuracy. The methods described for both aquiring and calibrating radiometric measurements also provide a robust system to support guidance and navigation for future robotic space exploration.
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Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep - Space Navigation Catherine L. Thornton James S. Border
MONOGRAPH 1 DEEP–SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SERIES
Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep-Space Navigation
DEEP-SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SERIES Issued by the Deep-Space Communications and Navigation Systems Center of Excellence Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Joseph H. Yuen, Editor-in-Chief
Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep-Space Navigation Catherine L. Thornton James S. Border Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology
MONOGRAPH 1 DEEP–SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SERIES
Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep-Space Navigation (JPL Publication 00-11) October 2000 The research described in this publication was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Table of Contents Foreword ........................................................................................................ vii Preface .............................................................................................................