Mars Odyssey Joins The Third Interplanetary Network

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2005-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508379v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22 pages, 10 figures. To be submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Scientific paper

10.1086/501352

The Mars Odyssey spacecraft carries two experiments which are capable of detecting cosmic gamma-ray bursts and soft gamma repeaters. Since April 2001 they have detected over 275 bursts and, in conjunction with the other spacecraft of the interplanetary network, localized many of them rapidly and precisely enough to allow sensitive multi-wavelength counterpart searches. We present the Mars Odyssey mission and describe the burst capabilities of the two experiments in detail. We explain how the spacecraft timing and ephemeris have been verified in-flight using bursts from objects whose precise positions are known by other means. Finally, we show several examples of localizations and discuss future plans for the Odyssey mission and the network as a whole.

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