ROSETTA-ORBITER OSIWAC CR4A: Solar Stray Light Corrected Images, 2008

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera captured this image dataset during the CRUISE 4-1 mission phase from 2008-01-28 to 2008-08-03. The data contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in W/m^2/sr/nm. The prime objective was commissioning and calibration, with several targets of opportunity observed.

Use Cases

• Calibrating radiometric models based on corrected image data in W/m^2/sr/nm
• Analyzing geometric distortion correction techniques based on resampled image data
• Studying solar stray light effects on space-based camera observations
• Commissioning and testing spacecraft imaging instruments based on calibration objectives

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected
• Coverage period spans from 2008-01-28 to 2008-08-03
• Solar stray light correction is applied

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the CRUISE 4-1 mission phase.

Time Range

2008-01-28T00:00:00.000 to 2008-08-03T23:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:00:06.673119; freshness should be verified