ROSETTA-ORBITER VIRTIS 2: Comet 67P Pre-Landing Telemetry Data, June-July 2014

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft telemetry data from the VIRTIS instrument during its pre-landing phase near comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The dataset contains digital numbers from the period 2014-06-18 to 2014-07-02, processed by a fixed EGSE software to correct for incomplete products in the previous version.

Use Cases

• Analyzing cometary surface composition based on spectral telemetry data
• Studying temporal changes in comet 67P's activity during the pre-landing approach phase
• Validating and comparing instrument performance using the corrected software version
• Modeling comet nucleus properties from remote sensing observations

Strengths

• Data covers a specific, defined operational phase from 2014-06-18 to 2014 07-02
• Version 2.0 is produced by a fixed EGSE software correcting incomplete products from the old version

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

Telemetry packages from the VIRTIS instrument on board the Rosetta spacecraft

Time Range

2014-06-18 to 2014-07-02

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:48:43.844211; freshness should be verified

Geography

Vicinity of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko