NSSDCA ID: PSFP-00269
Availability: Archived at NSSDC, accessible from elsewhere
Time span: 0006-01-19 to 0007-01-01
This volume contains Raw data taken by New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto instrument during the LAUNCH mission phase.
During Post-Launch mission phase, the SWAP team ran a series of engineering tests and some preliminary science observations. Below is a list and dates for these various commissioning tests. The first solar wind observations occurred in SWAP-009. SWAP-006 provided the first count rate measurements taken in engineering mode (not sweeping). In this test the ESA and deflector voltages were varied. SWAP-007 was a sequenced version of the test performed in SWAP-006. SWAP-009 part 5 was a test performed in engineering mode stepping through some of the same ESA and deflector voltages used in SWAP-006 and -007. The first sweeping science observations were performed in SWAP-008 where the science team turned the instrument away from the Sun and took observations using voltages planned for Pluto. The first solar wind observations were performed in SWAP-009 part 2, which had the RPA Voltage set to 103% of ESA energy. This resulted in an automatic shut down since these voltage settings were not sufficient to reduce the passband to the point where the detected count rates were safe. In SWAP-009 part 6 the team adjusted the percent crossing to 105% and then took small amounts of data across many days. Observations in SWAP-009 part 6 consist of 6 minutes of data on each given day. Only parts 2, 5 & 6 of SWAP-009 were run; parts 1, 3 & 4 were never run and are not included here.
This is PDS data set NH-X-SWAP-2-LAUNCH-V1.0 contained on volume NHLASW_1001 and is available online at
http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/holdings/nh-x-swap-2-launch-v1.0/
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Alan Stern | Data Provider | NASA Headquarters | alan.stern@nasa.gov |
Dr. Joseph Peterson | General Contact | Southwest Research Institute | joe@boulder.swri.edu |