NSSDCA ID: PSSB-00046
Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)
Time span: 1979-08-25 to 1979-09-05
These Saturn encounter data are on ASCII magnetic tape created on a CDC 6400 computer. Each tape contains a copy of the "Imaging Photopolarimeter Tape User's Guide" document followed by sets of four files. Each set records all relevant data pertaining to the specified data-taking time-block. The first file in the set contains logistics information. File 2 contains a list of all commands sent to the spacecraft during the time-block. The third file contains spacecraft attitude data (repeated every 60 characters for different dates and times). File 4 contains housekeeping data plus all intensities telemetered during a data cycle (one rotation of the spacecraft about its spin axis) of the Imaging Photopolarimeter (IPP) instrument.
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. John F. Cooper
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Martin G. Tomasko | General Contact | University of Arizona | mtomasko@lpl.arizona.edu |