ROSETTA-ORBITER OSINAC 4 CR5: Reflectance Images from Rosetta Cruise Phase

ROSETTA-ORBITER CHECKOUT OSINAC 4 CR5 RDR-REFLECT V1.0 contains radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units. The data was acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the CRUISE 5 mission phase from 2009-12-14 to 2010-05-16. This version V1.0 is the first version of this dataset, produced by NASA with a primary objective of commissioning and calibration.

Use Cases

• Calibrating radiometric models based on reflectance units.
• Testing geometric correction algorithms for spacecraft imagery.
• Analyzing commissioning data for instrument performance validation.
• Studying reflectance properties of unspecified targets of opportunity observed during cruise.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected.
• Specific time range is defined from 2009-12-14T00:00:00.000 to 2010-05-16T23:59:59.000.
• Dataset is versioned as V1.0, indicating a managed release.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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 OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2009-12-14T00:00:00.000 to 2010-05-16T23:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:08:25.553656; freshness should be verified.