• DocumentCode
    928152
  • Title

    Tracking the Apollo Lunar Rover with interferometry techniques

  • Author

    Salzberg, Irving M.

  • Author_Institution
    Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
  • Volume
    61
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1973
  • Firstpage
    1233
  • Lastpage
    1236
  • Abstract
    Apollo 16 and 17 Lunar Rover position history while transporting astronauts over the lunar surface has been determined to a resolution of better than 1 m and uncertainties of less than 25 m utilizing a specialized very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) tracking technique. This paper describes the technique, discusses the National Aeronautics and Space Administration worldwide tracking system used to obtain data, discusses the data, and presents results.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; History; Instruments; Interferometry; Moon; Phase measurement; Radar tracking; Target tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1973.9251
  • Filename
    1451181
    • Link To Document
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