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MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR RAW DATA SET - MOI V1.0

Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

This data set contains archival raw, partially processed, and ancillary/supporting radio science data acquired during the Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) phase of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission. The radio observations were carried out using the MGS spacecraft and Earth-based receiving stations of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). The observations were designed to test the spacecraft radio system, the DSN ground system, and MGS operations procedures; to be used in generating high-resolution gravity field models of Mars; and for estimating density and structure of the Mars atmosphere. Of most interest are likely to be the Orbit Data File and Original Data Record files, in the ODF and ODR directories, respectively, which provided the raw input to gravity and atmospheric investigations. The MOI phase extended from September 1997 to March 1999. On orbits 203-266 and 343-571 (approximately April and June-September 1998, respectively) the spacecraft periapsis was especially low giving the highest per-orbit sensitivity to gravity anomalies during the entire mission. Data were organized in approximately chronological order and delivered on a set of 159 CD volumes at the rate of 2-3 CD's per week. Typical volume of a one-day ODF was 300-400 kB. Typical volume of an ODR was 5-10 MB, and there could be multiple ODR's per day depending on DSN schedules and observing geometry.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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References

https://pds.nasa.gov

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Maintainer
Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mgs-m-rss-1-moi-v1.0_dih5-c563
Data First Published 2021-05-21
Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MGS-M-RSS-1-MOI-V1.0
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Program Code 026:005
Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 9238766c8dbf2ec59d403dc666a2cb153919d2c3dbdd0175de9cfd209a608536
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