There were no recognized radio science investigations on the 2001 Mars Odyssey (ODY) mission.  But investigators on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) requested access to ODY radio tracking data.  To support them and future proposers to Mars data analysis programs (MDAPs), the Planetary Data System (PDS) accepted responsibility for archiving the ODY data with initial activities funded jointly by MGS. Radio science investigations utilize instrumentation with elements both on a spacecraft and at ground stations -- in this case, at the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN).  For ODY much of this was equipment used for routine telecommunications. The performance and calibration of both the spacecraft and tracking stations directly affected the radio science data accuracy, and they played a major role in determining the quality of the results.  The spacecraft part of the radio science instrument is described immediately below; that is followed by a description of the DSN (ground) part of the instrument.

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RADIO SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM for ODY

ACCELEROMETER for ODY

GAMMA RAY/NEUTRON SPECTROMETER/HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR for ODY

MARS RADIATION ENVIRONMENT EXPERIMENT for ODY

Mars Odyssey Radio Science Subsystem

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