Decoding Phoenix image filenames
Example: SS000RAD896228467_10CA8R8T1.IMG
- S: SSI
- S: Surface
- 000: sol 000
- RAD: Radiometrically calibrated image
- 896228467: Spacecraft Clock time
- _: reserved
- 10CA: Activity ID
- 8: Payload flag
- R8: right eye filter number 8
- T1: Produced by Texas A&M, version 1
- .IMG: PDS image format
Options
- S: SSI
- R: RAC (Robotic Arm Camera)
- O: OM (Optical Microscope)
- S: Surface
- 000: sol 000
- RAD: Radiometrically calibrated image
- EFF: Full frame raw image
- ESF: Subframe raw image
- EDN: Downsampled raw image
- IOF: Reflectance calibrated image
- 896228467: Spacecraft Clock time
- _: reserved
- 10CA: Activity ID
- 4 hex characters (0-9,A-F) unique to each activity
- 8: Payload flag (below are legal SSI & RAC flag meanings)
- 0: Non-mosaic, non-stereo, general science
- 1: Non-mosaic, non-stereo, calibration
- 3: Non-mosaic, non-stereo, atmospheric
- 4: Non-mosaic, stereo, general science
- 5: Non-mosaic, stereo, calibration
- 6: Non-mosaic, stereo, operations
- 8: Mosaic, non-stereo, general science
- 9: Mosaic, non-stereo, calibration
- B: Mosaic, non-stereo, atmospheric
- C: Mosaic, stereo, general science
- D: Mosaic, stereo, calibration
- E: Mosaic, stereo, operations
- R8: right eye filter number 8
- SSI: R, L; 1-9, A-C (decoded here)
- RAC: M (Mono)
- R: Red LEDs
- G: Green LEDs
- B: Blue LEDs
- D: No LEDs
- OM: M (Mono)
- R: Red LEDs
- G: Green LEDs
- B: Blue LEDs
- D: No LEDs
- W: White
- U: UV LEDs
- O: Other
- T1: Produced by Texas A&M University, version 1
- M: MIPL
- A: Arizona
- O: MECA OM team
- X: Other
- .IMG: PDS image format
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