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Solar System VLBI Astrometry: The Venus Balloon Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. A. Preston
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
J. Ellis
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
S. G. Finley
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
C. E. Hildebrand
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
G. H. Purcell Jr.
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
C. T. Stelzried
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
R. Z. Sagdeev
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
V. M. Linkin
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
V. V. Kerzhanovich
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
L. R. Kogan
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
V. I. Kostenko
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
L. I. Matveenko
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
R. R. Nazirov
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
S. V. Pogrebenko
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
I. A. Strukov
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, USSR
J. E. Blamont
Affiliation:
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France
N. Armand
Affiliation:
Institute of Radio Electronics, Moscow, USSR
Yu. N. Alexandrov
Affiliation:
Institute of Radio Electronics, Moscow, USSR
L. Boloh
Affiliation:
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France
G. Laurans
Affiliation:
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France
G. Petit
Affiliation:
Institut Geographique National, Saint-Mande, France
A. F. Bogomolov
Affiliation:
Energy Institute, Ministry of High Education, Moscow, USSR
I. G. Moiseev
Affiliation:
Crimean Astrophysical Institute, Simeiz, USSR
F. Biraud
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France
A. Boischot
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France
A. Ortega-Molina
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France
C. Rosolen
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France
P. Kaufmann
Affiliation:
Itapetinga Radio Observatory, Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

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A global array of 20 radio observatories was used to measure the three-dimensional position and velocity of the two meteorological balloons that were injected into the equatorial region of the Venus atmosphere by the VEGA spacecraft.

Type
Astrometry
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988