MARS EXPRESS MRS: Radio Science Occultation Data from 2024

Mars Express Radio Science data collected during an extended mission from 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31. The specific occultation measurement covers a 3-hour period on 2024-02-22. This dataset was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Modeling Martian atmospheric density profiles based on radio occultation measurements.
• Analyzing signal propagation anomalies for planetary science missions.
• Validating atmospheric models using time-series data from the Mars Express mission.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined 3-hour observation window on 2024-02-22.
• Dataset is part of a multi-year extended mission from 2023 to 2026.

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

2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31 (mission), 2024-02-22T19:20:13.000 to 2024-02-22T22:11:38.000 (specific measurement)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:25:01.766756; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mars