The Mini-SAR imaging radar on the Chandrayaan-1 Mission to the Moon
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Butler, L. Carter, J. Gillis-Davis, J. Goswami, E. Heggy, R. Kirk, T. Misra, S. Nozette, M. Robinson, R. K. Raney, T. Thompson, B. Thomson, E. Ustinov 1. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX 77058 ([email protected]) 2. Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel MD 20723 3. NRAO, Socorro NM 4. NASM, Washington DC 5. Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu HI 96822 6. ISRO, Bangalore, India 7. JPL, Pasadena CA 8. ASU, Tempe AZ 9. USGS, Flagstaff AZ
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