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Raw and partially processed DSN radio science data and ancillary
files from the Extended Operations phase of the Venus Express
mission.
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Citation |
Simpson, R.A., Haeusler, B., and Paetzold, M., Venus Express DSN
Radio Science Raw Data Archive - Extended Operations Phase,
VEX-V-RSS-1-ENT-V1.0, USA_NASA_SUE_VXRS_11XX, Stanford
University, 2013. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) |
10.17189/q09v-7817
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Data Set Abstract |
This data set contains archival raw, partially processed, and
ancillary/supporting radio science data acquired during the
Extended Operations (ENT) phase of the Venus Express (VEX)
mission using ground facilities of the NASA Deep Space Network
(DSN). This data set will be combined with other data collected
using antennas of the European Space Agency (ESA) and submitted
to the ESA Planetary Science Archive. These observations were
designed to determine the gravity field of Venus; density of the
upper atmosphere through drag measurements; the
temperature-pressure and absorption structure of the neutral
Venus atmosphere; and the electron density profile of the
ionosphere. No bistatic radar (BSR) and solar conjunction (SCO)
observations were conducted during the ENT phase because of a 15
dB degradation in performance of the S-Band radio system in late
2006 (before ENT began). Of most interest in the ENT archive will
be the Radio Science Receiver (RSR) files in the RSR directory,
which provided the raw input to the radio occultation
investigations of the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere, and the
Orbit Data Files (ODFs), which provided the raw input to gravity
and drag investigations. The ENT phase, for purposes of this
archive, began after the completion of the Routine Operations
Phase (2007-10-02, the end of the primary mission) and continued
to the end of the VEX mission. |
Search/Access Data |
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Additional Information |
Mission Information |
VENUS EXPRESS
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Data Set Information |
VEX-V-RSS-1-ENT-V1.0 |
Instrument Host Information |
VEX
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Instrument Information |
RSS
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Target Information |
VENUS
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