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Interplanetary optical navigation - Voyager Uranus encounter
S. P. Synnott,A. J. Donegan,J. E. Riedel,J. A. Stuve +3 more
- pp 192-206
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The overall optical navigation system and operation at Uranus are outlined in this article, where the formulation of the optical observables are presented, as well as their subsequent integration into the overall orbit determination products.Citations
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Orbit determination for the Voyager II Uranus encounter
TL;DR: The Voyager II flyby of Uranus in January 1986 was the most distant planetary encounter ever attempted, and presented unique challenges to the process of orbit determination as mentioned in this paper, such as long light-times and spacecraft receiver difficulties hampered the collection of two-way radiometric data and helped bring about the maturation of a very long baseline interference data type during the long cruise from Saturn.
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