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Chodas, P.W.
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High-Precision Magellan Orbit Determination for Stereo Image Processin
The purpose of this paper is to describe a technique which improves the precision of Magellan orbit determination by incorporating measurements of landmarks visible in the radar images. The basic techniques was described in the reference, but it has since been refined and significantly extended to handle multiple orbit solutions simultaneously.
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High-Precision Magellan Orbit Determination For Stereo Image Processing
The magellan spacecraft has systematically imaged the surface of Venus using Synthetic aperture Radar (SAR) for two years. During this time Venus rotated three times under the orbit, causing the ground track to make three cycles across the surface.
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