MESSENGER RSS Small Forces Record (SFF4)

SFF4 – PDS4 Small Forces Record

Instrument: MESSENGER Radio Science Experiment

PDS4 Bundle: urn:nasa:pds:mess-rs-rawDOI: 10.17189/tcy9-gv38

For more information about RSS SFF4 products, see the SFF Product SIS.

The Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) Small Forces Record (SFF4) files are generated by the MESSENGER project when there is a propulsive event. They give estimated information on the cumulative delta-V effect on the spacecraft due to thruster firing, mass loss due to the expenditure of propellant, and cumulative on-times for each individual thruster.

RSS SFF4 products have the following file names:

MESS_RS_yyyyddd_zzzzeee_SFF.TAB (with detached PDS label)

where:

MESS = MESSENGER mission

RS = Radio Science Subsystem

yyyy = the SFF data start year

ddd = the start day of year

zzzz = the stop year

eee = the stop day of year

SFF = the product type is Small Forces file

In ODE, SFF4 products have the following product IDs:

mess_rs_yyyyddd_zzzzeee_sff