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LRO: Radio Science (RS)

June 15, 2022. No new radio science data are included with LRO Release 50.

March 15, 2022. LRO Release 49 includes new raw data for the mission phases LRO_ES_76 through LRO_ES_108. This release includes thruster small forces files (FDF25), LOLA Team high precision GRGM900C orbits, weather station data, and spacecraft tracking files.

This archive contains a collection of LRO Radio Science (RS) data and documentation generated by various elements of the DSN, the LRO Project, the Radio Science Team (RST), and others. Radio Science data consist of tracking data and secondary files such as weather, laser ranging, and small forces data that are used to analyze the primary data. The Radio Science Team is a subunit of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) team.

The Radio Science Archive

Directory	Files	Contents
Root level directory	AAREADME.TXT ERRATA.TXT	Introduction; release notes
CATALOG	DATASET.CAT INST.CAT INSTHOST.CAT MISSION.CAT PERSON.CAT REF.CAT	Data set description; instrument descriptions; spacecraft description; mission description; personnel; references
DATA/RANGE	--	One-way laser ranging data, subdivided by mission subphase
DATA/SFF	--	Small forces files
DATA/SPK	--	Geodyn trajectory files, which are monthly orbit reconstructions in NAIF SPK format, derived from the raw RS data and used for geolocation of LOLA data
DATA/TRK	--	Tracking data from ground stations, subdivided by mission subphase and then by day
DATA/WEA	--	Weather data from ground stations, subdivided by mission subphase and then by day
DOCUMENT	LRORS_ARCH_SIS.PDF 453_HDBK_GN.PDF CRD_V1_01.PDF LRO_DESC_FDF25.TXT LRO_DESC_RANGE.TXT LRO_DESC_TRK.TXT LROGS_EXT_ICD.PDF	The Radio Science Archive Volume description document; Ground Network Tracking and Acquisition Handbook; Consolidated Laser Ranging Format user's guide; FDF25 Thruster (SFF) description Range data description Tracking data description LRO Ground System ICD
INDEX	INDEX.TAB INDEX.LBL	An index table of every product in the archive. The table format is described by a PDS label.
LABEL	LRO_TRK.FMT LRO_WEA_HDR.FMT LRO_WEA_REC.FMT LRO_WEA_REC_WS2.FMT LRO_WEA_REC_WS3.FMT	Description of data columns in tracking data files and weather data files (to be used with PDS labels for TRK and WEA files)