Radio Science
- Uses spacecraft telemetry system
- Two-way Doppler to 0.1 mm/sec
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Specifications:
RS and Deep Space Network
Description
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Radio Science at Eros
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Experiment Profile
The NEAR spacecraft will follow a 2-year DVEGA trajectory beginning with a launch in February 1996.
- After slowly approaching and flying by Eros in February 1999, the
spacecraft will be inserted into orbits of progressively lower radii,
culminating in a 35-km low orbit
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Radio Science Team
- Team Leader:
- Donald K. Yeomans, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- Team:
- Jean-Pierre Barriot, Centre National D'Études Spatiales, Toulouse, France
- Alexander S. Konopoliv, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- NEAR Payload Manager:
- Robert E. Gold (JHU/APL)
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