A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name MEX-M-SPI-2-IREDR-RAWXMARS-EXT1
Mission MARS-EXPRESS
URL ftp://psa.esac.esa.int/pub/mirror/pub/mirror/MARS-EXPRESS/SPICAM/MEX-M-SPI-2-IREDR-RAWXMARS-EXT1-V2.0
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-43peg8e
Abstract The Mars Express SPICAM level 0B IR data set contains raw measurements from the infrared SPICAM spectrometer collected during the cruise and MARS phases
Description MEX EXT 1 SPICAM MARS IR EDR-RAW Data Set Overview The EXT 1 SPICAM MARS IR EDR-RAW (level 0B) dataset contains raw measurements from the infrared SPICAM spectrometer collected during the MARS first extented phase mission of Mars Express. Data are stored in the [MEXSPI_1002/DATA/MARS] directory. The MARS directory is then divided into subdirectories labeled (MTPnn_pppp_nnnn) corresponding to the different Mars nominal phases defined by the MARS EXPRESS mission planning system with: MTPnn : Medium Term Planning nnn(nnn=001,002,003...)ppppp,nnnnn orbit range. The extended mission 1 covers the range between MTP021 to MTP042 (from 2005 DEC 19 to 2007 AUG 27 ), covering orbits from 2485 to 4684. An easily viewed version of each record of the MEX EXT 1 SPICAM MARS IR EDR-RAW data set is shown in [MEXSPI_1002/BROWSE]
Instrument SPICAM
Temporal Coverage 2005-12-19T11:51:49Z/2007-08-27T06:54:14Z
Version V2.0
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-RP- 5500). 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 con...
Creator Contact FRANCK MONTMESSIN
Date Published 2012-01-20
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, 2012-01-20, MEX-M-SPI-2-IREDR-RAWXMARS-EXT1, V2.0. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-43peg8e