Space Radio Science

Oleg I. Yakovlev is an academician at the International Academy of Astronautics and Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and has contributed greatly to the development of space radio science in Russia. He and his colleagues have performed radio occultation studies of the atmospheres and ionospheres of Earth, Mars, and Venus using planetary satellites, carried out the bistatic remote sensing of the Moon, Venus, and the Sun, and conducted radio sounding of near-Sun plasma. In recognition of his efforts he has twice been awarded the USSR State Prize and received the title of Honorary Scientist and Engineer of the Russian Federation.Yakovlev, O. I. is the author of 'Space Radio Science' with ISBN 9780415273503 and ISBN 0415273501.