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An Ultraviolet Spectrometer for the Rosetta Orbiter

Expected Data Return

ALICE Mission Data Delivery Plan

Mission Phase Record Date Delivery Date Volume Delivery Items
Electrical Model Test July-August 2000 March 2001 100 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Preliminary Calibration Data
  • Sample Calibrated Data
  • Evaluation Documentation
    • Lab Test and Calibration Continuing March 2003 1 Mbyte
  • Raw Data
  • Calibration Data
  • Sample "calibrated" Data
  • Calibration Algorithms
  • Evaluation Documentation
    • Post-Launch Checkout Launch January 2003 July 2003 250 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Updates to Calibration Algorithms
  • Calibration Data
  • Documentation
    • Mars Swingby 26 August 2005 February 2006 100 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Updated Calibration Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Documentation
    • First Earth Swingby 28 November 2005 May 2006 100 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Updated Calibration Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Documentation
    • Otawara Flyby 7 November 2006 May 2007 100 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Updated Calibration Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Documentation
    • Second Earth Swingby 28 November 2007 May 2008 100 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Calibration Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Documentation
    • Siwa Flyby 24 July 2008 January 2009 250 Kbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Calibration Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Documentation
    • Comet Data From mid 2011 6 month intervals: February and August of 2012-2014 variable 1Mbyte to 25 Mbytes
  • Raw Data
  • Calibration Data
  • Calibrated Data
  • Documentation
  • Spectral Image Cubes
  • Composition Maps
  • Temporal Variability Series
  • Occultation Time Series in specific bands
    • Last Delivery — August 2014 TBD Recalibrated Data from earlier phases of the mission.