New Horizons MVIC Raw Images for Kuiper Belt Object Encounter Planning

NEW HORIZONS MVIC KEMCRUISE1 RAW V2.0 contains raw data captured by the New Horizons spacecraft's Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration collected this data between 09/21/2017 and 08/13/2018 during the cruise to the first Kuiper Belt Object encounter. It includes calibration images, functional tests, and optical navigation test images for planning the flyby of target MU69.

Use Cases

• Calibrate the MVIC instrument based on the described M7 calibration data
• Plan optical navigation for the MU69 flyby based on test images
• Analyze spacecraft instrument performance during the cruise phase based on functional test data

Strengths

• Data covers a defined mission phase from 09/21/2017 to 08/13/2018
• Includes specific calibration, functional test, and optical navigation test data types as described
• Version 2.0 indicates a processed or updated release

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

Acquired by the New Horizons spacecraft's Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera instrument.

Time Range

09/21/2017 to 08/13/2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:09:39.984867; freshness should be verified

Geography

Deep space, during cruise to a Kuiper Belt Object