Results from radiation environment measurements aboard ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in Mars science orbit in May 2018–December 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114264
Abstract: Abstract ExoMars is a joint ESA - Rosscosmos program for investigating Mars. Two missions are foreseen within this program: one consisting of the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), that carries scientific instruments for the detection of… read more here.
Keywords: december 2019; radiation; orbiter; rate ... See more keywords
High-precision co-registration of orbiter imagery and digital elevation model constrained by both geometric and photometric information
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.06.016
Abstract: Abstract The alignment of images to a reference digital elevation model (DEM) has many applications, especially in planetary exploration. In this paper, we propose a novel high-precision co-registration method for pixel-based matching between an image… read more here.
Keywords: image; high precision; orbiter; model ... See more keywords
The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on Solar Orbiter
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935325
Abstract: Aims. This paper describes the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on the Solar Orbiter mission (SO/PHI), the first magnetograph and helioseis-mology instrument to observe the Sun from outside the Sun-Earth line. It is the key instrument… read more here.
Keywords: solar orbiter; orbiter; polarimetric helioseismic; imager solar ... See more keywords
In-flight characterization of the lunar orbiter laser altimeter instrument pointing and far-field pattern.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.57.007702
Abstract: The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has collected nearly seven billion measurements of surface height on the Moon with an absolute accuracy of ∼1 m and a precision of ∼10 cm.… read more here.
Keywords: instrument; lunar; laser; orbiter ... See more keywords