RPC Data
Imperial College is the repository of RPC data. All mission data relevant to RPC are made available to the consortium's members on our server. This includes all telemetry data downloaded from Rosetta, the auxiliary data necessary to plan operations and scientific activities as well as RPC own data products resulting from the elaboration of the measurement data.
The table below describes the physical quantities measured by RPC and the sensors' performance.
Sensor |
Parameter |
Pre-Launch Performance |
IES3D Ion & Electron Distribution 90° x 360° Field Of View |
Energy Range Energy Resolution Angular Resolution (electrons) Angular Resolution (ions) |
Few eV to 22 keV ΔE/E = 0.042 5° x 22.5° 5° x 5° x 5° x 45° |
ICA3D Ion Distribution plus mass resolution 90° x 360° Field of View |
Energy Range Energy Resolution Angular Resolution 'Dusty' plasma Mass Resolution |
16 to 40 keV ΔE/E = 0.06 5° x 22.5° < 1 keV/e Resolves: |
LAPPlasma current measurement |
Number density & fluctuations Electron Temperature Flow Velocity Plasma Waves Spacecraft Potential |
1 to 106 cm-3 0.001 to 10 eV 0 to 10,000 ms-1 0 to 8 kHz ±32 V |
MIPSensor to plasma capacitive coupling |
Electron Number Density Electron Temperature Flow Velocity Plasma Waves |
2 to 1.5 x 105 cm-3 0.003 to 1000 eV 100 to 1000 ms-1 7 kHz to 3.5 MHz |
MAGMagnetic field vector |
Bandwidth Resolution Dynamic Range |
0 to 10 Hz 31 pT ±16384 nT |
Useful Links
Rosetta Links: