A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name MEX-M-PFS-2-EDR-EXT5
Mission MARS-EXPRESS
URL ftp://psa.esac.esa.int/pub/mirror/pub/mirror/MARS-EXPRESS/PFS/MEX-M-PFS-2-EDR-EXT5-V1.0
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-2oy13l2
Abstract The Mars Express PFS data set contains raw (CODMAC Level 2) measurements from the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer collected during the fifth extension Mars orbit phases.
Description Data Set Overview = The Mars Express (MEX) Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) Data Archive is a collection of raw data collected during the MEX Mission to Mars. For more information on the investigations proposed see the PFS documentations in the DOCUMENT/ folder. This data set was collected during the MEX Mission phases: - Fifth Extension Mission Phase Mission Phase Definition It should be noted that the Mars Express (MEX) Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) group uses mission phases which deviate from the ones defined in the MISSION.CAT files given by ESA in order to keep the keywords and abbreviations consistent for Mars Express, Venus Express and Rosetta. Those mission phase abbreviations are also used in the data description field of the dataset_id. MaRS mission name | abbreviation | time span Near Earth Verification | NEV | 2003-06-02 - 2003-07-31 ---------------------------------------------------------------Interplanetary Cruise | IC | 2003-08-01 - 2003-12-25 ---------------------------------------------------------------Nominal Mission | Nominal | 2003-12-26 - 2005-11-30 ---------------------------------------------------------------First Extension Mission | EXT1 | 2006-01-01 - 2007-09-30 ---------------------------------------------------------------Second Extension Mission| EXT2 | 2007-10-01 - 2009-12-31 ---------------------------------------------------------------Third Extension Mission | EXT3 | 2010-01-01 - 2012-12-31 ---------------------------------------------------------------Fourth Extension Mission| EXT4 | 2013-01-01 - 2014-12-31 ---------------------------------------------------------------Fifth Extension Mission | EXT5 | 2015-01-01 - 2016-12-31 ---------------------------------------------------------------Data files ---------Data files are: The tracking files from Deep Space Ne...
Instrument PFS
Temporal Coverage 2015-01-01T10:09:22Z/2016-12-31T11:12:01Z
Version V1.0
Mission Description Mission Overview Mars Express was the first flexible mission of the revised long-term ESA Science Programme Horizons 2000 and was launched to the planet Mars from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) on June 2nd 2003. A Soyuz-Fregat launcher injected the Mars Express total mass of about 1200 kg into Mars transfer orbit. Details about the mission launch sequence and profile can be obtained from the Mission Plan (MEX-MMT-RP-0221) and from the Consolidated Report on Mission Analysis (CREMA)(MEX-ESC-RP5500). The mission consisted of (i) a 3-axis stabilized orbiter with a fixed high-gain antenna and body-mounted instruments, and (ii) a lander named BEAGLE-2, and was dedicated to the orbital and in-situ study of the interior, subsurface, surface and atmosphere of the planet. After ejection of a small lander on 18 December 2003 and Mars orbit insertion (MOI) on 25 December 2003, the orbiter experiments began the acquisition of scientific data from Mars and its environment in a polar elliptical orbit. The nominal mission lifetime for the orbiter was 687 days following Mars orbit insertion, starting after a 5 months cruise. The nominal science phase was extended (tbc) for another Martian year in order to complement earlier observations and allow data relay communications for various potential Mars landers up to 2008, provided that the spacecraft resources permit it. The Mars Express spacecraft represented the core of the mission, being scientifically justified on its own by investigations such as high- resolution imaging and mineralogical mapping of the surface, radar sounding of the subsurface structure down to the permafrost, precise determination of the atmospheric circulation and composition, and study of the interaction of the atmosphere with the interplanetary medium. The broad scientific objectives of the orbiter payload are briefly listed thereafter and are given more extensively in the experiment publications conta...
Creator Contact PFS SCIENCE TEAM
Date Published 2017-06-08
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, 2017-06-08, MEX-M-PFS-2-EDR-EXT5, V1.0. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-2oy13l2