MARS EXPRESS: Solar Conjunction Radio Science Measurements, 2019

Mars Express spacecraft radio science data collected during a solar conjunction event on September 29, 2019. The dataset covers a specific time window from 02:11:00 to 06:54:40 UTC and was gathered during the extended mission phase from 2019 to 2020. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze solar conjunction effects on spacecraft communication based on radio science measurements
• Study signal propagation through the solar corona based on the described solar conjunction event
• Model planetary atmospheric properties based on radio occultation data implied by the mission type
• Validate spacecraft navigation and orbit determination models based on radio science data

Strengths

• Data covers a precise solar conjunction event on 2019-09-29
• Dataset is part of a defined extended mission phase from 2019-01-01 to 2020-12-31
• Produced by the authoritative organization 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

Radio science measurements from the Mars Express spacecraft

Time Range

2019-09-29T02:11:00.000 to 2019-09-29T06:54:40.500 (event), 2019-01-01 to 2020-12-31 (mission phase)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:28:19.115985; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mars (implied by Mars Express mission)