Elliptic geometry in 3 dimensions

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I'm interested in elliptic space from an intrinsic point of view(manifold pov) rather than the models based in Euclidean embeddings.
Would it be correct to say that the isometry group of this geometry is isomorphic to SU(2), i.e.:versors or unit quaternions?
 
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