Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME GALILEO CRUISE POSITION DATA (RTN COORDINATES)
DATA_SET_ID GO-SS-POS-6-SUMM-CRUISE-RTN-V1.0
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DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION This dataset contains the Galileo spacecraft trajectory during the interplanetary cruise. The data have been derived from SPICE kernels at a 1 minute sample rate. The data are provided in RTN coordinates.
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION
Data Set Overview
  =================
    This dataset contains the Galileo spacecraft trajectory during the
    interplanetary cruise. The data have been derived from SPICE
    kernels at a 1 minute sample rate. The data are provided in RTN
    coordinates.

      Data Columns:

      time   S/C event time (UT)given in the form yyy-mo-dayThh:mm:ss.sssZ
      R      S/C radial distance from the sun 
      LAT    S/C solar east longitude(1950)
      LON    S/C solar latitude


  Coordinate Systems
  ==================
    The Galileo trajectory are being archived in fixed heliocentric
    coordinates. The R component is the Sun->spacecraft range given in
    units of Au (149674000 km).  LAT is the solar latitude given in units
    of degrees and measured from the ecliptic plane. LON is the solar east
    longitude measured from the First Point of Aries(1950).

    Data Processing:

    The SPICE SPK files used to derive this product are:

    GLL_LONG_2.BSP
    GLL910314.BSP
    GLL911107.BSP
    GLL921228.BSP

  Data Quality
  ============
    The data have been derived from the Galileo SPICE kernels using well
    tested software from the SPICELIB and GLLSPICE subroutine libraries.
    Each data point is computed using S/C and planetary ephemerides
    computed at the time of the dataset sample (not interpolated).
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1996-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1990-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 1994-12-31T11:00:00.000Z
MISSION_NAME GALILEO
MISSION_START_DATE 1977-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 2003-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
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TARGET_TYPE
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID GO
INSTRUMENT_NAME
INSTRUMENT_ID
INSTRUMENT_TYPE
NODE_NAME Planetary Plasma Interactions
ARCHIVE_STATUS ARCHIVED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE
N/A
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Kivelson, M.G., Khurana, K.K., Russell, C.T., Walker, R.J., Joy, S.P., Green, J., GALILEO CRUISE POSITION DATA (RTN COORDINATES), GO-SS-POS-6-SUMM-CRUISE-RTN-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1996
ABSTRACT_TEXT This dataset contains the Galileo spacecraft trajectory during the interplanetary cruise. The data have been derived from SPICE kernels at a 1 minute sample rate. The data are provided in RTN coordinates.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME N/A
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