Collection Information
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IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:a15side_ccig_raw_arcsav:data::1.0
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NAME |
Apollo 15 ALSEP ARCSAV SIDE/CCIG Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Collection (1975-092 to 1975-181)
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TYPE |
Data
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DESCRIPTION |
This collection contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily raw cleaned science and
engineering measurements acquired by the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) and the
Cold Cathode Ion Gage Experiment (CCIG; also known as the Cold Cathode Gage Experiment for the
time span of 02 April through 30 June 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes,
that recorded 24-hour, time-edited, and rearranged raw binary data transmitted from the Moon.
The extracted binary data were corrected for obvious tape read errors then transformed to
ASCII format for this archive. This collection also includes one ASCII file of
SIDE/CCIG-related command verification data extracted from the ARCSAV binary files.
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SEARCH/ACCESS DATA |
Apollo 15 ALSEP ARCSAV SIDE/CCIG Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Archive Online
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Citation |
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) |
10.17189/1518446 (from parent bundle)
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AUTHOR LIST |
Nakamura, Y.; Nagihara, S.
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EDITOR LIST |
Williams, D.R.; McLaughlin, S.A.
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PUBLICATION YEAR |
2018
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DESCRIPTION |
This collection contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily raw cleaned science and
engineering measurements acquired by the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) and the
Cold Cathode Ion Gage Experiment (CCIG; also known as the Cold Cathode Gage Experiment for the
time span of 02 April through 30 June 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes,
that recorded 24-hour, time-edited, and rearranged raw binary data transmitted from the Moon.
The extracted binary data were corrected for obvious tape read errors then transformed to
ASCII format for this archive. This collection also includes one ASCII file of
SIDE/CCIG-related command verification data extracted from the ARCSAV binary files.
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Context |
START DATE TIME |
1975-04-01T11:59:59.320Z
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STOP DATE TIME |
1975-06-30T11:58:54.443Z
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LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME |
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LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME |
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SOLAR LONGITUDE |
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PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE |
SCIENCE
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PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL |
Raw
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PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION |
Measurements of the differential energy spectrum of positive ions having energies
from 0.2 to 48.6 eV per unit charge and 10 to 3500 eV per unit charge as acquired,
respectively, by the mass analyzer detector and the total ion detector of the Apollo 15
Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE); and measurements of density and temperature for
pressures ranging from 10^-6 torr to 10^-12 torr as acquired by the Apollo 15 Cold Cathode Ion
Gage (CCIG) experiment. The scientific objectives of these experiments were to measure the
flux, number density, velocity and energy per unit charge of positive ions near the lunar
surface, and to detect any lunar ambient atmospheric pressure. The time span for these data is
02 April through 30 June 1975.
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PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE |
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PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN |
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PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME |
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INVESTIGATION |
APOLLO 15
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OBSERVING SYSTEM |
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OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT |
Apollo 15 ALSEP
Apollo 15 Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
Apollo 15 Cold Cathode Ion Gage Experiment
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TARGET |
MOON
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REFERENCES |
Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-289, NASA, Washington, D.C.,
1972.
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package Systems Handbook: ALSEP A2, PCN-1,
unnumbered, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, 24 March 1971, revised 15 April
1971.
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Flight System Familiarization
Manual, Revision B, ALSEP-MT-03, NASA CR-99604, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned
Spacecraft Center, published 1 August 1967, revised 15 April 1969.
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Flight System Familiarization
Manual, Revision B / Change 1, ALSEP-MT-03, NASA CR-99604, The Bendix Corporation for NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, 18 March 1970.
Bates, J.R., W.W. Lauderdale, and H. Kernaghan, ALSEP termination report,
NASA Reference Publication Series, NASA-RP-1036, 162 pages, published by NASA, Washington,
D.C., 1979.
Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo
landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages 20,227-20,280,
2000.
Lauderdale, W.W., and W.F. Eichelman, Apollo Scientific Experiments Data
Handbook, NASA, TM-X-58131, Houston, Texas, August 1974, updated August 1976.
Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, L.R. Lewis, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, E.J.
Grayzeck, P. Chi, and G.K. Schmidt, Search and Recovery Efforts for the ALSEP Data Tapes, 42nd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7-11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar
and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1608, Abstract 1103, 2011.
Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, W.S. Kiefer, M.A.
Hager, and H.K. Hills, Availability Of Previously Unprocessed ALSEP Raw Instrument Data and
Derivative Data and Metadata Products, 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March
21-25, 2016 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1903,
Abstract 1194, 2016.
Rivas, R.A. and S. Pollack, Final Engineering Report for ALSEP/SIDE/CCGE
(Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package / Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment / Cold
Cathode Gauge Experiment), Volume 1, NASA CR-102046, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1
January 1969.
Hills, H.K. and J.W. Freeman, ALSEP SIDE Data Handbook (includes CCGE),
Unpublished, Unnumbered, November 1969.
Hills, H.K. and J.W. Freeman, ALSEP SIDE data user's information package,
Unpublished, Unnumbered, February 1974.
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