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Methods for testing the Mars Science Laboratory’s Landing Radar

Methods for testing the Mars Science Laboratory’s Landing Radar

Chapin, Elaine; Grando, Maurio B.; Hamilton, Gary A.; Pak, Kyung S.; Pollard, Brian D.; Shaffer, Scott J.; Wu, Chialin
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/44246
Date: 2013-05-01
Keywords: landing radar; Ka-band radar; pulse-Doppler radar; radar testing methodology
Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2013
Citation: IEEE Radar Conference : The Arctic - the new frontier, Ottawa, Canada, April 29 - May 3, 2013

Abstract:

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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