Main subject of this work are operation and data handling of the space experiment Mars Dust Counter, an experiment for the detection of cosmic dust particles. The experiment was launched in 1998 onboard the space probe NOZOMI, Japan’s first interplanetary mission. For the first time, the data generated by the experiment were analyzed and interpreted completely under consideration of the constraints of the space probe and the mission design. Technical problems of the satellite’s telemetry system demanded an adaptation of the data processing of the experiment, to make allowance for the reduced data transmission resources. These methods could not be applied to the Mars Dust Counter experiment due to loss of the space probe by the end of the year 2003, but can be used in future experiments to reduce their demand of limited telemetry resources.
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Main subject of this work are operation and data handling of the space experiment Mars Dust Counter, an experiment for the detection of cosmic dust particles. The experiment was launched in 1998 onboard the space probe NOZOMI, Japan’s first interplanetary mission. For the first time, the data generated by the experiment were analyzed and interpreted completely under consideration of the constraints of the space probe and the mission design. Technical problems of the satellite’s telemetry system...
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