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    • MESSENGER E/V/H MLA 3/4 CDR/RDR DATA V1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    Abstract ======== This data set consists of the MESSENGER Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Calibrated Data Record (CDR) and Reduced Data Record (RDR) products. The MLA is a solid-state pulsed laser that measures the distance between the spacecraft and the surface of Mercury. The CDR products contain the science and auxiliary data products calibrated to physical units. The RDR products contain the calibrated, geolocated range data as profile measurements of the planetary radius.

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

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    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mess-e-v-h-mla-3-4-cdr-rdr-data-v1.0_4e5y-ytdn
    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
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id cf563980-5440-4fd3-b059-f5b986ee2ead
    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=MESS-E%2FV%2FH-MLA-3%2F4-CDR%2FRDR-DATA-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 2e1e6b4b036f2fd8cf4ea6737115804245ad17d43da58c09f7dadd1609cb8554
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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