MARS-96 . ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT MISSION TO MARS. Brief description . ... Scientific goals . ... Description of . ... HIGH RESOLUTION STEREOSCOPIC TV-CAMERA . Detailed survey of Mars . Main scientific objectives: . Detailed topographic survey, multiband imaging and photometric studies of the surface with 3D reconstruction of its relief. ... Angular resolution (sec of arc/pxl) . ... Spatial resolution (m) from H-300 km . ... Angle of view (degree) . ... Convergence angle (degree) . ...

Spacecraft ephemeris , or more generally, location of an observer, given as a function of time. ... The ephemeris data for spacecraft and target bodies are normally combined in a single file called the SPICE SPK file. ... Attitude data is contained in the SPICE CK file. ... Several miscellaneous kernel files - spacecraft clock (SPICE SCLK file) and leapseconds (SPICE LSK file) - are also part of SPICE; these are used in converting time tags between various time measurement systems. ...

... Viking Images . ... Each spacecraft consisted of an orbiter and a lander. ... The first month of orbit was devoted to imaging the surface to find appropriate landing sites for the Viking Landers. On July 20, 1976 Viking Lander 1 separated from the Orbiter and touched down at Chryse Planitia. ... The Viking Landers transmitted images of the surface, took surface samples and analyzed them for composition and signs of life, studied atmospheric composition and meteorology, and deployed seismometers. ...

Cosmic Research, Vol. 42, No. 5, 2004, pp. 435­488. Translated from Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 42, No. 5, 2004, pp. 453­508. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Veselovsky, Panasyuk, Avdyushin, Bazilevskaya, Belov, Bogachev, Bogod, Bogomolov, Bothmer, Boyarchuk, Vashenyuk, Vlasov, Gnezdilov, Gorgutsa, Grechnev, Denisov, Dmitriev, Dryer, Yermolaev, Eroshenko, Zherebtsov, Zhitnik, Zhukov, Zastenker, Zelenyi, Zeldovich, Ivanov-Kholodnyi, Ignat'ev, Ishkov, Kolomiytsev, Krasheninnikov, Kudela,