Two-frequency radio occultation measurements with Venera-9 and Venera-10 orbiters.
Abstract
The experiment with two-frequency radio occultation measurements of the Venusian nightside ionosphere using the Venera-9 and 10 orbiters is described. The experiment is the first of a kind in which the radio link to one of the spacecraft is used to probe the ionosphere, while the other is measuring the variations in the integral electron number density along the path of radio ray propagation. The experiment has been designed to achieve the maximum possible accuracies in determining the parameters of the probed ionosphere using the bistatic two-frequency radio occultation method.
- Publication:
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Acta Astronautica
- Pub Date:
- March 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0094-5765(80)90087-9
- Bibcode:
- 1980AcAau...7..335V
- Keywords:
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- Ionospheric Sounding;
- Radio Occultation;
- Venera Satellites;
- Venus Atmosphere;
- Calibrating;
- Ionospheric Electron Density;
- Planetary Ionospheres;
- Plasma Diagnostics;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking;
- Radio Occultations:Venus Ionosphere