Open AccessMars Odyssey Joins the Third Interplanetary Network
Author(s) -
K. Hurley,
И. Г. Митрофанов,
A. Kozyrev,
M. L. Litvak,
A. Sanin V. Grinkov,
S. Charyshnikov,
W. V. Boynton,
C. Fellows,
K. Harshman,
D. Hamara,
C. Shinohara,
R. Starr,
T. L. Cline
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal supplement series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.546
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1538-4365
pISSN - 0067-0049
DOI - 10.1086/501352
Subject(s) - interplanetary spaceflight , ephemeris , mars exploration program , spacecraft , physics , conjunction (astronomy) , astronomy , cosmic cancer database , astrobiology , astrophysics , satellite , solar wind , plasma , quantum mechanics
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft carries two experiments which are capable ofdetecting cosmic gamma-ray bursts and soft gamma repeaters. Since April 2001they have detected over 275 bursts and, in conjunction with the otherspacecraft of the interplanetary network, localized many of them rapidly andprecisely enough to allow sensitive multi-wavelength counterpart searches. Wepresent the Mars Odyssey mission and describe the burst capabilities of the twoexperiments in detail. We explain how the spacecraft timing and ephemeris havebeen verified in-flight using bursts from objects whose precise positions areknown by other means. Finally, we show several examples of localizations anddiscuss future plans for the Odyssey mission and the network as a whole.Comment: 22 pages, 10 figures. To be submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Serie
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