NEW HORIZONS REX KEMCRUISE1: Calibrated Radio Science Data from Cruise Phase

New Horizons Radio Science Experiment (REX) data was collected during the spacecraft's cruise to its first Kuiper Belt Object encounter. This version 2.0 dataset contains calibrated measurements taken between 09/21/2017 and 08/13/2018. The data includes calibrations using known radio sources, Jupiter, and cold sky, as well as operational readiness tests and internal calibration patterns.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spacecraft instrument calibration stability based on known radio source and cold sky measurements.
• Studying radio signal propagation and noise characteristics during deep space cruise phases.
• Developing or validating calibration models for radio science experiments based on internal test patterns.
• Assessing operational readiness for planetary occultation observations based on the described ORTs.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly labeled as a complete dataset for the specified time range.
• Version 2.0 indicates a processed and calibrated release.
• Data collection includes multiple calibration sources (radio sources, Jupiter, cold sky).

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 acquired by the New Horizons spacecraft Radio Science Experiment (REX) instrument.

Time Range

09/21/2017 to 08/13/2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:39:19.694867; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Deep space during cruise phase.