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PDS Data Products

Data Set ID : MESS-E/V/H-SPICE-6-V1.0
Release : 0006
Data Set Name : MESSENGER SPICE KERNELS V1.0
Description : This release contains the complete set of the MESSENGER SPICE Kernels for the Launch, Earth Cruise, Earth Flyby, Venus 1 Cruise, Venus 1 Flyby, Venus 2 Cruise, and Venus 2 Flyby phases of the mission (2004-08-03 to 2007-06-20).This release contains the complete set of the MESSENGER SPICE Kernels for the Venus 2 Flyby and Mercury 1 Flyby phases of the mission (2007-06-20 to 2008-01-28). It also contains corrected spacecraft orientation CK files for the earlier phases of the mission.This release contains the complete set of the MESSENGER SPICE Kernels for the Mercury 2 cruise and Mercury 2 Flyby phases of the mission (2008-01-29 to 2008-10-20). It also contains corrected spacecraft orientation CK files for the earlier phases of the mission.This release contains the complete set of the MESSENGER SPICE Kernels for the Mercury 3 cruise and Mercury 3 Flyby phases of the mission (2008-10-21 to 2009-10-14) and one week past that (through 2009-10-21) into Mercury 4 Cruise, since two of the instrument teams requested it. It also contains corrected spacecraft orientation CK files for the earlier phases of the mission.This release contains the complete set of the MESSENGER SPICE Kernels for the Mercury 4 cruise and Mercury Orbital Insertion phases of the mission (2009-10-15 to 2011-05-17).