2001 Mars Odyssey

The 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter has been mapping Mars since February 18, 2002. The orbiter carries three science experiments:

• THEMIS, a thermal emission imaging spectrometer;
• GRS, a gamma ray spectrometer suite;
• MARIE, a radiation experiment.

Also archived are:

• Radio Science data,
• Accelerometer data,
• SPICE data.

More information can be found on the Odyssey web site at JPL.

The Geosciences Node archives GRS and Radio Science data, and oversees the archiving process for all Odyssey data sets.

Data

Follow the links above to find Odyssey data products online.

The Mars Orbital Data Explorer (ODE) here at the Geosciences Node provides search capabilities for Odyssey data. 

Odyssey instruments release new data to PDS every three months, on or near the first of January, April, July and October. Subscribe to the PDS Data Notification Service to be informed of new data releases.

Documents

The Odyssey Archive Plan describes the generation, validation, and release of Odyssey science archives. (Rev. 1, April 16, 2003, 179 KB, PDF)

PDS Catalog information is archived along with the science data:

• Mission Description

• Spacecraft Description

• Instrument Descriptions for THEMIS, GRS, MARIE, and Radio Science

• References