PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2016-05-06 NOTE = "Release notes and errata for MESSENGER NS EDR data (ERRATA.TXT)" END_OBJECT = TEXT END Users are encouraged to provide comments to the PDS Geosciences Node if errors are found either in data or in documentation in this archive. Please send comments by e-mail or U.S. mail to the Geosicences Node: PDS Geosciences Node Washington University Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 314-935-5493 Web: http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu Email: geosci@wunder.wustl.edu This file, ERRATA.TXT, contains release notes and errata concerning the MESSENGER NS EDR archive. During the course of the MESSENGER mission the NS science team may update previously released data products or documentation; for example, updates may occur due to changes in calibration data or procedures. Updates will be reported in this file. Older versions of data and documentation will not be retained in the archive. Section A of this file contains an entry for each MESSENGER release (starting with release 5), with general information about the contents of the release, in order from newest to oldest. Updates to previously released files are reported in these entries, along with any known errata. Section B of this file contains general notes, if any, concerning the archive as a whole. ******** SECTION A ******** RELEASE NUMBER: 15 RELEASE DATE: 2016-05-06 DATA COVERAGE: 2008-02-01 to 2008-02-05 (Missing Products) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR (Missing Products) PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR (3 Regenerated Products) Notes: 1. The following data files and their associated PDS labels were missing from previous releases due to a discrepancy in the NS Status packet database. They have now been added to the archive. NS_STA2008032ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2008033ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2008034ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2008035ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2008036ZZZ.TAB 2. The following data product has been regenerated due to the discrepancy described in item 1, above. NS_STA2008037ZZZ.TAB 3. The following data products have been regenerated due to incorrect MET values in some of their records. NS_EVT2007190ZZZ.DAT NS_FSP2007190ZZZ.DAT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 14 RELEASE DATE: 2015-10-09 DATA COVERAGE: 2014-09-18 to 2015-04-30 (Mercury Orbit Year 4, Mercury Orbit Year 5) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR Notes: This update includes the reprocessing of one previously delivered NS Full Spectra Science EDR product (NS_FSP2008310ZZZ.DAT). The reason for the reprocessing is because the product looked incomplete (its size did not match FILE_RECORDS*RECORD_BYTES in its label file). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 13 RELEASE DATE: 2015-03-06 DATA COVERAGE: 2014-03-18 to 2014-09-17 (Mercury Orbit Year 4) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: None. Notes: There are no NS CAD data products for 3/18/14 and in the time period 8/26/14 - 9/7/14 because the diagnostic mode of the NS was turned off. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 12 RELEASE DATE: 2014-09-05 DATA COVERAGE: 2013-09-18 to 2014-03-17 (Mercury Orbit Year 3) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: None. Notes: There are no NS CAD data products in the time periods 12/14/13 - 1/16/14 and 3/5/14 - 3/17/14 (inclusive) due to solar conjunction. NS data product generation was temporarily halted to reduce on-board data volume during the low downlink rate period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 11 RELEASE DATE: 2014-03-07 DATA COVERAGE: 2013-03-18 to 2013-09-17 (Mercury Orbit Year 3) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: None. Notes: No known errors or variances. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 10 RELEASE DATE: 2013-09-06 DATA COVERAGE: 2012-09-18 to 2013-03-17 (Mercury Orbit Year 2) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: None. Notes: No known errors or variances. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 9 RELEASE DATE: 2013-03-08 DATA COVERAGE: 2012-03-26 to 2012-09-17 (Mercury Orbit Year 2) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR REASON FOR UPDATES: Updated orbit start times which changed the orbit number for 1 row in the binary table. Notes: The following data file and its associated PDS label have been redelivered in this release: NS_GCR2011099ZZZ.DAT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 8 RELEASE DATE: 2012-09-07 DATA COVERAGE: 2011-09-18 to 2012-03-25 (Mercury Orbit, Mercury Orbit Year 2) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: None. Notes: No known errors or variances. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 7 RELEASE DATE: 2012-03-08 DATA COVERAGE: 2011-05-18 to 2011-09-17 (Mercury Orbit) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: None. Notes: No known errors or variances. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 6 RELEASE DATE: 2011-09-15 DATA COVERAGE: 2009-12-09 to 2011-05-17 (Mercury Cruise 4, Mercury Orbit) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR REASON FOR UPDATES: Updates due to errors found in synchronization between the MET and UTC times. These errors resulted in incorrect grouping of the data records. Notes: The following data files and their associated PDS labels have been redelivered in this release: NS_EVT2005250ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_SPE2005250ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_EVT2005251ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_SPE2005251ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_EVT2006067ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_SPE2006067ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_EVT2006068ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_SPE2006068ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_EVT2006070ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_SPE2006070ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_STA2006173ZZZ.TAB- V3 NS_STA2007047ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007050ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007051ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007092ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007095ZZZ.TAB through NS_STA2007124ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007129ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007134ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007135ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_STA2007136ZZZ.TAB- V2 NS_CAD2007156ZZZ.TAB- V3 NS_EVT2007185ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_FSP2007185ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_EVT2007186ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_FSP2007186ZZZ.DAT- V3 NS_EVT2007188ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_FSP2007188ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_EVT2007190ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_FSP2007190ZZZ.DAT- V2 NS_CAD2008280ZZZ.TAB- V2 The product version id in the PDS labels for these files has been incremented to "V2" or "V3," as indicated above. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE NUMBER: 5 RELEASE DATE: 2010-03-15 DATA COVERAGE: 2008-10-21 to 2009-10-14 (Mercury Cruise 3, Mercury Flyby 3) PRODUCT TYPES RELEASED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR PRODUCT TYPES UPDATED FOR THIS ARCHIVE: NS EDR REASON FOR UPDATES: Updates due to ingestion of missing packets that were found by a new PIPE feature which tracks packet files extracted from telemetry (*.STP) files. Notes: The following data files and their associated PDS labels have been redelivered in this release: NS_EVT2005250ZZZ.DAT NS_SPE2005250ZZZ.DAT NS_EVT2006066ZZZ.DAT NS_EVT2006067ZZZ.DAT NS_EVT2006068ZZZ.DAT NS_SPE2006066ZZZ.DAT NS_SPE2006067ZZZ.DAT NS_SPE2006068ZZZ.DAT NS_TCC2006167ZZZ.DAT NS_CAD2006167ZZZ.TAB NS_CAD2007156ZZZ.TAB NS_CAD2007157ZZZ.TAB NS_EVT2007185ZZZ.DAT NS_EVT2007186ZZZ.DAT NS_FSP2007185ZZZ.DAT NS_FSP2007186ZZZ.DAT NS_STA2006172ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2006173ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2007119ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2007120ZZZ.TAB NS_STA2007156ZZZ.TAB through NS_STA2007181ZZZ.TAB The PDS labels for these files have been updated to indicate a product version id of "V2". ******** SECTION B ******** This section is provided for general notes concerning the archive as a whole. 1. The statements STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = "NS_CALIBRATION_DIAGNOSTIC" and STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = "NS_GALACTIC_COSMICRAY" occur in some NS EDR product labels. These values will cause errors in PDS validation software because they are longer than the permitted maximum of 20 characters.