G. Maggio

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the results of the Planck HFI and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) to a model that incorporates contributions from Saturn's rings to the planet's total flux density.

TL;DR: The software systems which build the LFI Level 1, designed to support all the mission phases, from the instrument ground tests and calibration to the flight operations, and developed according to the ESA engineering standards are shown.

TL;DR: Rachel, a software application which has been purposely developed and used during the RCA test campaign to carry out both near-realtime on-line data analysis and data storage (in FITS format) of the raw output from the radiometric chains is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a software application which has been purposely developed and used during the RCA test campaign to carry out both near-realtime on-line data analysis and data storage (in FITS format) of the raw output from the radiometric chains.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an example of procedures, test development and analysis successfully applied to a key software project of an ESA mission, where the on-board and ground processing are viewed as a single pipeline, and demonstrate that the scientific and housekeeping processing of the Planck-LFI raw data is correct and meets the project requirements.