MARS EXPRESS MRS: Radio Science Occultation Data 2015-2016

2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31 is the temporal coverage for this Mars Express Radio Science dataset. It contains occultation measurements from a specific observation period between 2016-12-02T23:38:53 and 2016-12-04T00:42:42.500. The data was collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze atmospheric density profiles based on occultation measurements
• Study ionospheric electron density variations based on radio science data
• Validate models of Mars' atmospheric structure based on time-series occultation data

Strengths

• Data covers a defined two-year mission phase from 2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31
• Contains a specific, high-resolution occultation measurement time range

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Occultation measurement collected by the Mars Express spacecraft

Time Range

2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 12:28:42.686604; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mars