MARS EXPRESS MRS: Radio Science Occultation Measurements from 2022

Mars Express Radio Science occultation measurements cover the period from 2022-06-19T02:05:23.000 to 2022-06-19T04:35:11.000. The dataset was collected by NASA during the extended mission phase from 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31.

Use Cases

• Analyze Martian atmospheric density profiles based on occultation measurements
• Study signal propagation through the Martian atmosphere based on radio science data
• Validate atmospheric models using time-stamped occultation events

Strengths

• Data covers a specific occultation event with precise start and end times
• Dataset originates from NASA's Mars Express mission

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Occultation measurement

Time Range

2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31 (mission phase); 2022-06-19T02:05:23.000 to 2022-06-19T04:35:11.000 (measurement)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 10:02:59.750196; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mars