MARS EXPRESS: Solar Conjunction Radio Science Data from 2015

2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31 is the temporal coverage for this Mars Express Radio Science dataset. It contains Solar Conjunction measurements from a specific event on 2015-06-09. The data was collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published on Data.gov.

Use Cases

• Modeling solar plasma density based on radio signal measurements.
• Analyzing signal distortion during solar conjunction events.
• Calibrating deep-space communication systems for Mars missions.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined two-year extended mission phase from 2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31.
• Provides a specific, high-resolution measurement window from 2015-06-09T13:08:01 to 2015-06 09T17:49:00.
• Originates from the authoritative source National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected by the Mars Express spacecraft via Radio Science during a Solar Conjunction event.

Time Range

2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31 (extended mission), with a specific measurement from 2015-06-09T13:08:01 to 2015-06-09T17:49:00.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:07:20.768182; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mars orbit and interplanetary space.