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Ulysses HISCALE Data Analysis Handbook

 

Chapter 2: Tables

 

 

Table 2.6 ISPM SFDU primary header format

BITS

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
DATA UNIT SPECIFICATION START OF MESSAGE POINTER
CONTROL AUTHORITY SYSTEM CLASS SECONDARY HEADER ID

MESSAGE UNIT CLASSIFICATION

 

 

Table 2.7 ISPM SFDU primary header

 

WORD BITS DESCRIPTION
1 0-3 Label Version Number - Indicates the version of standard formatted data unit (SFDU)
0001 = Base Version Code (constant for ISPM)
1 4-5 Character Set - Indicates the character representation used within this record.
00=Binary Type (constant for ISPM)
1 6-7 Unit Structure Type - Globally defines the gross structural characteristics of the data unit.
00=(constant for ISPM)
1 8-15 Start of Message Pointer - Number of bytes from beginning of header to first byte of data
1 16-21 Control authority - Institution controlling the contents of the remainder of the data unit.
00101=NASA-JPL  (constant for ISPM)
1 22-26 System Classification - Local system responsible for creating the secondary header.
00010=Telemetry (DACS)
00011=Data Records System (DRS)
1 27-31 Secondary Header Identifier - Identifies the secondary header type as the JPL standard telemetry header.
00010=ISPM (constant for ISPM)
2 0-15 Message Unit Classification - Total length of this record in bytes

 

 

Table 2.8 ISPM SFDU secondary header format

  BITS-->

WORD 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
2 ORIGINATOR ID LAST MODIFIER ID
3 MAJOR/MINOR DATA CLASS
4 SPACECRAFT EVENT TIME
5 EARTH RECEIVED TIME
6 SEQUENCE REFERENCE NUMBER
MISSION CODE CONTROL STATUS
SPB SIM MOS 0 DQF SCF SCE ERT
7 MISSION ID
SOURCE ID
SPACECRAFT ID
FORMAT
8 TERTIARY HEADER IDENTIFIER NUMBER OF GROUPS
9 APPENDED POINTER
10 SPACECRAFT

 

 

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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane

QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: ESA provided the Ulysses spacecraft, NASA provided the power supply, and various others provided its instruments.

Mission End Date: June 30, 2009

Destination: The inner heliosphere of the sun away from the ecliptic plane

Orbit:  Elliptical orbit transversing the polar regions of the sun outside of the ecliptic plane