ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: RPC-LAP Calibrated Instrument Data from Comet 67P

Calibrated instrument data from the Rosetta spacecraft's RPC-LAP instrument, acquired during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 3 mission phase. The data contains instrument outputs in volts and amperes, calibrated and corrected for instrument offsets, with the primary target being comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling comet plasma environments based on calibrated voltage and current measurements.
• Analyzing temporal changes in comet activity based on instrument time-series data.
• Validating space physics simulations using in-situ measurements from comet 67P.

Strengths

• Data is calibrated and corrected for instrument offsets.
• Provided by the authoritative source 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.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the Rosetta spacecraft's RPC-LAP instrument during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 3 mission phase.

Time Range

Covers the ROSETTA EXTENSION 3 mission phase.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:12:43.834281; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data acquired in proximity to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.