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MESSENGER: XRS

May 12, 2017. MESSENGER Release 16 includes new XRS RDR footprint products -- one footprint for each XRS CDR spectrum. See the XRS RDR ERRATA.TXT in the top-level directory for details about this release and previous releases.

XRS is the X-Ray Spectrometer instrument on MESSENGER. The data sets are produced by the XRS Science Team at NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

XRS Data Sets (PDS4)

Raw Data Products
XRS EDR - X-Ray Spectrometer Experiment Data Records
Derived Data Products
XRS CDR - X-Ray Spectrometer Calibrated Data Records
XRS RDR - X-Ray Spectrometer Map Products

Online Tools

Mercury Orbital Data Explorer - Provides search, display, and download  tools for this data set.
  Mercury Footprint Coverage Explorer - Part of the Mercury ODE, this page links to product coverage maps in Google Earth and other formats.
  MESSENGER QuickMap - This simple, interactive map interface used by the MESSENGER science team is now available to the public.

Related Information

The XRS EDR Software Interface Specification (PDF, 1,207 KB)

The XRS CDR / RDR Software Interface Specification (PDF, 3,478 KB)

The XRS EDR-to-CDR-to-RDR Processing Description (PDF, 147 KB)

 

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