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Satellite Operation Control Systems for Space Science, Space—based Astronomical Observations and Planetary Explorations

The Journal of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, 2011
Yamada Akihiro
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Observations and interpretations of geomorphologic features in the Tianwen-1 landing area on Mars by using orbital imagery data

Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023
China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars on May 15, 2021. This work presents a detailed investigation of the geologic context of the landing area surface for this mission based on orbital ...
Hai Huang, Xing Wang, Yuan Chen, Qing Zhang, FeiYue Zhao, Xin Ren, XingGuo Zeng, Wei Yan, WangLi Chen, Bin Liu, DaWei Liu, LianBo Fu, JianJun Liu   +12 more
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Spectral interpretation of late-stage mare basalt mineralogy unveiled by Chang’E-5 samples

Nature Communications, 2022
Laboratory spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction analyses on the Chang’E-5 lunar soil samples have demonstrated that the spectral features of lunar late-stage mare basalts are representative of iron-rich high-Ca pyroxene rather than olivine.
Dawei Liu, Xing Wang, Jianjun Liu, Bin Liu, Xin Ren, Yuan Chen, Zhaopeng Chen, Hongbo Zhang, Guangliang Zhang, Qin Zhou, Zhoubin Zhang, Qiang Fu, Chunlai Li   +12 more
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A 36 cm robotic optical telescope: Equipment and software

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022
The paper describes an optical telescope system and control software for robotic observation of space debris. The telescope has a main aperture of 355 mm, adopts the optical design scheme of primary focus with a large field of view, and is equipped with ...
Jian Sun, Jian Sun, Hao-Wen Cheng, Hao-Wen Cheng, Hai Jiang, Hai Jiang, Jing Liu, Jing Liu, Yuan-Yuan Zhao, Yuan-Yuan Zhao   +9 more
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Dust Deposition at Zhurong Landing Site From Multispectral Camera Observations

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Dust deposition is one of the most predominant processes occurring on Mars. Until now, just a few in situ observations have been conducted to investigate the Martian dust.
Qing Zhang, Dawei Liu, Xin Ren, Xing Wang, Lin Guo, Zhaopeng Chen, Bin Liu, Wangli Chen, Wei Yan, Jianjun Liu   +9 more
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A Novel Approach for Permittivity Estimation of Lunar Regolith Using the Lunar Penetrating Radar Onboard Chang’E-4 Rover

Remote Sensing, 2021
Accurate relative permittivity is essential to the further analysis of lunar regolith. The traditional hyperbola fitting method for the relative permittivity estimation using the lunar penetrating radar generally ignored the effect of the position and ...
Ruigang Wang, Yan Su, Chunyu Ding, Shun Dai, Chendi Liu, Zongyu Zhang, Tiansheng Hong, Qing Zhang, Chunlai Li   +8 more
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The Identification and Analysis of Gas-Related Volcanic Features within Chang’e-5 Landing Region

Remote Sensing, 2021
Chang’e-5 (CE-5) successfully landed on the young basalts area in the northeastern Oceanus Procellarum on 1 December 2020. Recent studies on the CE-5 landing area have shown that the lack of gas-related volcanic morphology indicates that the volatile ...
Yuan Chen, Xing Wang, Jianjun Liu, Xin Ren, Hai Huang, Hongbo Zhang, Chunlai Li   +6 more
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The Analysis of Cones within the Tianwen-1 Landing Area

Remote Sensing, 2022
On 15 May 2021, the Zhurong rover of China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1 (TW-1), successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars. Various landforms were present in the landing area, and this area recorded a complex geological history. Cones are
Hai Huang, Jianjun Liu, Xing Wang, Yuan Chen, Qing Zhang, Dawei Liu, Wei Yan, Xin Ren   +7 more
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Evidence of water on the lunar surface from Chang’E-5 in-situ spectra and returned samples

Nature Communications, 2022
Laboratory analysis of returned Chang’E-5 samples from the lunar surface show their hydroxyl contents to be on the weak end of lunar hydration features.
Jianjun Liu, Bin Liu, Xin Ren, Chunlai Li, Rong Shu, Lin Guo, Songzheng Yu, Qin Zhou, Dawei Liu, Xingguo Zeng, Xingye Gao, Guangliang Zhang, Wei Yan, Hongbo Zhang, Lihui Jia, Shifeng Jin, Chunhua Xu, Xiangjin Deng, Jianfeng Xie, Jianfeng Yang, Changning Huang, Wei Zuo, Yan Su, Weibin Wen, Ziyuan Ouyang   +24 more
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The Temporal Variation of Optical Depth in the Candidate Landing Area of China’s Mars Mission (Tianwen-1)

Remote Sensing, 2021
The atmospheric dust is an important factor in the evolution of the Martian climate and has a major impact on the scientific exploration of the Martian lander or rover and its payload.
Zhencheng Tang, Jianjun Liu, Xing Wang, Xin Ren, Wei Yan, Wangli Chen   +5 more
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