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MESSENGER: MLA

April 15, 2009. MESSENGER Release 4 includes MLA EDR data acquired through the second Mercury flyby (Oct. 20, 2008).

MLA is the Mercury Laser Altimeter instrument on MESSENGER. The data sets are produced by the MLA Science Team at the NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

MLA Data Sets

Raw Data Products
MLA EDR - Mercury Laser Altimeter Experiment Data Records
Derived Data Products
MLA CDR - Mercury Laser Altimeter Calibrated Data Records (Release 5 and later)
Other derived products (Release 9)

Online Tools

Mercury Orbital Data Explorer - Provides search, display, and download  tools for this data set.

Related Information

The MLA Software Interface Specification (PDF, 220 KB)

 

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