ROSETTA-ORBITER OSINAC 3: Radiometric Calibrated Images from Rosetta Commissioning Phase

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera captured radiometric calibrated image data in W/m^2/sr/nm during its COMMISSIONING 2 phase. The data covers the period from 2004-09-06 to 2004-10 16, with the prime objective being instrument commissioning and calibration. This version V1.0 is a reprocessed and split subset of the original COMMISSIONING data set.

Use Cases

• Calibrating instrument response for the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera based on radiometric data.
• Analyzing spacecraft and instrument performance during the commissioning phase mentioned in the description.
• Studying targets of opportunity observed during the early mission period.
• Comparing reprocessed V1.0 data quality against previous data deliveries.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Covers a defined time range from 2004-09-06 to 2004-10-16.
• Reprocessed and validated after an external peer review in October 2018.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description states no identifiable prime target was observed, limiting focused scientific analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2004-09-06T00:00:00.000 to 2004-10-16T23:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 04:32:03.296143; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Space; Rosetta spacecraft trajectory during commissioning.