Sami W. Asmar - Radio Science Techniques for Deep Space Exploration

DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SERIES

Issued by the Deep Space Communications and Navigation Systems

Center of Excellence, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

California Institute of Technology

Jon Hamkins, Editor-in-Chief

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Radio Science Techniques for Deep Space Exploration

Sami W. Asmar

Sami W. Asmar

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

This edition first published 2022

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Asmar, Sami W., author.
Title: Radio science techniques for deep space exploration / Sami W. Asmar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
Description: Hoboken, NJ, USA : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Series: JPL deep-space communications and navigation series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021053318 (print) | LCCN 2021053319 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119734147 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119734154 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119734161 (epub) | ISBN 9781119734178 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Space vehicles--Tracking. | Space vehicles--Radio equipment. | Radio astronomy. | Solar system.
Classification: LCC TL4030 .A86 2022 (print) | LCC TL4030 (ebook) | DDC 621.3848--dc23/eng/20211103
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021053318
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021053319

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1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6

This book is the latest contribution to the Deep SpaceCommunications and Navigation Systems (DESCANSO) series. DESCANSO is a Center of Excellence formed in 1998 by the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is managed under contract by the California Institute of Technology. DESCANSO is unrelated to the nearby botanical landscape, Descanso Gardens, but shares its wonderful values of growing and cultivating understanding through inspiration and example. DESCANSOs vision is to help NASA and JPL achieve continuous communications and precise navigation, anytime and anywhere. To do this, DESCANSO supports the development of new technologies, concepts, and systems; sponsors seminars and facilitates interaction and idea exchange; and shares knowledge by publishing books and articles. The DESCANSO book series, authored by scientists and engineers with many years of experience in their fields, lays a foundation for innovation by sharing state-of-the-art knowledge, fundamental principles and practices, and lessons learned in key technologies. A companion article series, the Design and Performance Summary series, captures the design and performance of specific communications and navigation systems used on JPL missions. For science and technology topics more general than communications and navigation, DESCANSO also publishes the JPL Space Science and Technology Book Series.