ROSETTA-LANDER CAL COSAC: Calibrated Instrument Data from the PDCS Phase

NASA's Planetary Data System provides this calibrated data archive from the COSAC instrument onboard the ROSETTA Lander. The data conforms to PDS Standards Version 3.6 and was acquired during the PDCS phase. The archive includes documentation describing the COSAC experiment.

Use Cases

• Analyze chemical composition of comet 67P based on calibrated COSAC instrument data.
• Validate instrument performance models using the documented experiment description.
• Conduct comparative studies of cometary data using PDS-standardized data formats.

Strengths

• Data conforms to the Planetary Data System (PDS) Standards, Version 3.6.
• Archive includes both calibrated data (CODMAC level 3) and experiment documentation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the COSAC instrument onboard the ROSETTA Lander during the PDCS phase.

Time Range

PDCS phase of the Rosetta mission.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:25:17.484547; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.