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Ulysses HISCALE Data Analysis Handbook

 

Chapter 2.3: HISCALE Level 1 Files (continued)

 

2.3.6 ISPM LAN File Trailer Definition

 

Last Revised: 31 March 1990 (TPA)

 

Item Description Type Length
1 Number of Input Records
Array # Description
1 1024 BPS
2 512 BPS
3 256 BPS
4 128 BPS
I*4(I*2) 16 bytes
2 Number of Data Gaps I*4(I*2) 4 bytes
3 Apparent No. of Missing Records I*4(I*2) 4 bytes
4 Missing Time (seconds)
(See expl. of item 6.)
R*4(I*2) 4 bytes
5 Number of Output Records
Array # Description
1 Rate Records
2 Pulse Heights
3 MF Spectra
4 Pseudorates
5 Ephemeris
I*4(I*2) 20 bytes
6 File Start Time
Array:  TS(5)
Index Description
1 Year
2 Day
3 Hour
4 Minute
5 Second
R*4 20 bytes
7 File End Time
Array:  TE(5)
Index Description
1 Year
2 Day
3 Hour
4 Minute
5 Second
R*4 20 bytes

 

 

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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