Delta-DOR - a new technique for ESA's Deep Space Navigation
Abstract
When ESA's second deep space antenna became available in late 2005 Cebreros in Spain, the Agency could begin using a powerful new navigation technique particularly important for interplanetary craft: delta-DOR. Delta-DOR contributed to the successful orbit insertion of Venus Express around the planet in April 2006, and it is expected to be a fundamental tool for navigating all of ESA's current and future interplanetary missions.
- Publication:
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ESA Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- November 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006ESABu.128...68M
- Keywords:
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- Space Missions: Navigation