The Mars Science Laboratory's rover named Curiosity successfully landed on Mars on August 6, 2012. One component of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) system was the Terminal Descent Sensor (TDS) landing radar. In this paper we describe laboratory testing of this radar performed before launch.


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    Title :

    Methods for Testing the Mars Science Laboratory's Landing Radar


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2013 IEEE Radar Conference ; 2013 ; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


    Publication date :

    2013-04-29


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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