Results are presented for a mission and trajectory design for a Venus Radar Mapper mission that will place a SAR in a nearly polar orbit around Venus. The mission is intended to obtain images of at least 70% of the planet's surface at a line-pair resolution of 1 km and to produce global maps of the planet's topography and gravity field. The mission design criteria are discussed, along with the spacecraft flight system, the mission performance and domains, a mission profile, the mapping orbit and SAR coverage, and the data acquisition strategy.


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    Title :

    Mission and trajectory design for a Venus radar mapper mission


    Contributors:
    Kwok, J. H. (author) / Dallas, S. S. (author)

    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 1983 ; Reno, NV


    Publication date :

    1983-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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