LORRI: New Horizons Post-Launch Checkout Raw Images

Post-launch checkout data from the New Horizons spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) instrument, collected primarily in 2006. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration produced this dataset, which includes bias images, internal lamp images, and calibration observations of stars and planets. Version 3.0 provides recalibrated lossy images and updated documentation.

Use Cases

• Calibrating space telescope sensors based on bias and internal lamp images
• Analyzing instrument performance using observations of stars in the M7 cluster
• Testing imaging capabilities with short exposure times based on Jovian observations
• Studying solar scattered light effects based on histogram-only observations

Strengths

• Data covers a specific mission phase (post-launch checkout) with a clear temporal focus on 2006
• Version 3.0 indicates iterative quality improvements, including recalibration and documentation updates

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

Data collected by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft during commissioning activities.

Time Range

Primarily 2006, with specific activities noted for spring/summer 2006 and August 29, 2006.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:08:08.110071; freshness should be verified