Physical constants as determined from radio tracking of the Ranger lunar probes
Radio-tracking data from Ranger lunar missions for estimated physical constants of earth and moon
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Radio-tracking data from Ranger lunar missions for estimated physical constants of earth and moon
Estimated GM values of earth and moon, tracking station locations and lunar radii at impact points, from DSIF radio tracking data of Ranger Block III lunar flights
Estimated GM values of earth and moon, tracking station locations and lunar radii at impact points, from DSIF radio tracking data of Ranger Block III lunar flights
Mission and preparation of ranger b lunar probe
Performance evaluation of television subsystem for Ranger lunar probes VII, VIII, and IX
Preflight analysis and lunar photometric model - ranger spacecraft tv system
Ranger lunar probe photograph analysis, crater size and shape measurements and dominant topographic features, including camera and command systems
Ranger lunar probe photograph analysis, crater size and shape measurements and dominant topographic features including camera and command systems
A photometric model of the lunar mare surface is presented. The lighting parameters for the Ranger 3,4, and 5 TV system are developed using the photometric model, and related to the system parameters. The interactions of the TV constraints with those imposed by the other experiments and by trajectory characteristics are discussed in detail, and the use of plastic spheres to show graphically the interrelationships among the parameters is described.
Ranger vi probe launching - lunar photographic mission
Mission planning, launch operations, and performance of Ranger VI lunar probe and Atlas Agena launch vehicle - TV subsystem failure
Deep space instrumentation facility /dsif/ spacecraft tracking performance during ranger iv lunar probe mission
Hypothesis that Luna IX rocket exhaust during soft landing caused formation of shallow crater visible in Ranger VII lunar probe photographs
Discussion of preliminary results of ranger vii lunar probe
Summary of mission of ranger vii lunar probe and nature of lunar surface
Utility of unmanned probes of Ranger or Surveyor class in Apollo exploration program - Lunar scientific exploration
Orbital trajectory analysis for Ranger VII LUNAR probe, and systems and thermal testing of Mariner spacecraft - deep space network, and Surveyor project
Ranger vii lunar probe - flight chronology, launch vehicle, spacecraft, and photography