Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990e%26s.....3...10s&link_type=abstract
Earth in Space (ISSN 1040-3124), vol. 3, Sept. 1990, p. 10-14.
Mathematics
Logic
Earth-Venus Trajectories, Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Radar Imagery, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Radar Data, Satellite Altimetry, Thematic Mapping
Scientific paper
Imaging Venus with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with 70 percent global coverage at 1-km optical line-pair resolution to provide a detailed global characterization of the volcanic land-forms on Venus by an integration of image data with altimetry is discussed. The Magellan radar system uses navigation predictions to preset the radar data collection parameters. The data are collected in such a way as to preserve the Doppler signature of surface elements and later they are transmitted to the earth for processing into high-resolution radar images. To maintain high accuracy, a complex on-board filter algorithm allows the altitude control logic to respond only to a narrow range of expected photon intensity levels and only to signals that occur within a small predicted interval of time. Each mapping pass images a swath of the planet that varies in width from 20 to 25 km. Since the orbital plane of the spacecraft remains fixed in the inertial space, the slow rotation of Venus continually brings new areas into view of the spacecraft.
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