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MOLA: The Future of Mars Global CartographyThe MGS Orbiter is carrying the high-precision Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) which, when combined with precision reconstructed orbital data and telemetered attitude data, provides a tie between inertial space and Mars-fixed coordinates to an accuracy of 100 m in latitude / longitude and 10 m in radius (1 sigma), orders of magnitude more accurate than previous global geodetic/ cartographic control data. Over the 2 year MGS mission lifetime, it is expected that over 30,000 MOLA Global Cartographic Control Points will be produced to form the basis for new and re-derived map and geodetic products, key to the analysis of existing and evolving MGS data as well as future Mars exploration. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.
Document ID
20000110327
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Duxbury, T. C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Smith, D. E.
Zuber, M. T.
Frey, H. V.
Garvin, J. B.
Head, J. W.
Muhleman, D. O.
Pettengill, G. H.
Phillips, R. J.
Solomon, S. C.
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: The Fifth International Conference on Mars
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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