Venera-15, -16 radar imagery of Venus
Abstract
The approach used to map the northern hemisphere of Venus using side-looking radar is described. As the Venera satellite passes through its pericenter a radar survey is made of a strip of the planet's surface about 100 kilometers wide and 7,000 kilometers long. The image is constructed with a phototelegraphic device whereby the whole strip is cut into pieces of about 1,000 kilometers in length. Two such fragments of a strip received during the first survey by Venera-15 and Venera-16 are presented and examined.
- Publication:
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USSR Report Space
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984RpSpR...1...74R
- Keywords:
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- Imaging Techniques;
- Planetary Mapping;
- Radar Imagery;
- U.S.S.R. Space Program;
- Venera Satellites;
- Venus Surface;
- Digital Techniques;
- Doppler Effect;
- Polar Regions;
- Side-Looking Radar;
- Signal Processing;
- Spatial Resolution;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration