Acquisition and description of Mariner 10 television science data at Mercury
Abstract
The Mariner 10 television science subsystem was an improved version of the Mariner 9 system, using 1500-mm-focal-length optics. An elaborate picture-taking sequence resulted in transmission of over 4000 frames back to earth during two flyby encounter with Mercury. These sequences utilized a real-time data rate of 117.6 kbit/s, resulting in coverage of about 75% of the lighted portion of Mercury's surface at a resolution of better than 2 km. The complete set of useful images, which amounted to about 3000 frames, was processed with three different types of digital image-processing enchnacements.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- June 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1029/JB080i017p02357
- Bibcode:
- 1975JGR....80.2357D
- Keywords:
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- Data Acquisition;
- Digital Spacecraft Television;
- Image Enhancement;
- Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973;
- Mercury (Planet);
- Planetary Surfaces;
- Data Transmission;
- Flyby Missions;
- Frame Photography;
- Planetary Mapping;
- Real Time Operation;
- Spaceborne Photography;
- Tables (Data);
- Television Transmission;
- Transmission Efficiency