/****************************************************************************/ /* This structure describes the format of the time series (data) */ /* record of the spacecraft attitude file of the Pioneer Venus */ /* Orbiter (PVO) Supplementary Experimental Data Record (SEDR). The */ /* following is an overview in tabular form of the spacecraft attitude */ /* data record: */ /* */ /* +----+----------------------------------------+ */ /* | |BITS --> | */ /* +----+----------------------------------------+ */ /* | | 111 1111 1112 2222 2222 2333 | */ /* | |1234 5678 9012 3456 7890 1234 5678 9012 | */ /* +----+----------------------------------------+ */ /* |WD 1| YEAR OF DATA | DOY OF DATA | */ /* | 2| MILLISECONDS (S/C UT) OF ATTITUDE DATA | */ /* | 3| CELESTIAL LATITUDE IN DEGREES | */ /* | 4| CELESTIAL LONGITUDE IN DEGREES | */ /* | 5| (SPARE) | */ /* +----+----------------------------------------+ */ /****************************************************************************/ /* Table format description begins here. */ /****************************************************************************/ OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "YEAR OF SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE DATA" DATA_TYPE = "MSB INTEGER" START_BYTE = 1 BYTES = 2 DESCRIPTION = "This object contains the four digit year in spacecraft universal time for the PVO spacecraft attitude observation." END_OBJECT = COLUMN /* Changed NOTE to DESCRIPTION throughout file. */ OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "DAY OF YEAR OF SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE DATA" DATA_TYPE = "MSB INTEGER" START_BYTE = 3 BYTES = 2 DESCRIPTION = "This object contains the three digit day of year in spacecraft universal time, ranging from 1 to 366, for the PVO spacecraft attitude observation." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "MILLISECONDS OF DAY" DATA_TYPE = "MSB INTEGER" START_BYTE = 5 BYTES = 4 DESCRIPTION = "This object contains the milliseconds of the day in spacecraft universal time, where midnight is 0.00, for the PVO spacecraft attitude observation." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "CELESTIAL LATITUDE" DATA_TYPE = "IBM REAL" START_BYTE = 9 BYTES = 4 DESCRIPTION = "This object contains the celestial latitude of the spacecraft, measured in degrees." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "CELESTIAL LONGITUDE" DATA_TYPE = "IBM REAL" START_BYTE = 13 BYTES = 4 DESCRIPTION = "This object contains the celestial longitude of the spacecraft, measured in degrees." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "SPARE" DATA_TYPE = "IBM REAL" START_BYTE = 17 BYTES = 4 DESCRIPTION = "This object contains a spare (empty) value." END_OBJECT = COLUMN