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Voyager LECP Data Analysis Handbook

 

Calibrations and Channel Definitions

 

UNIT: S/N-3 DATE: 27 JUN 77

 

FU-2

 

Subsystem: LEMPA δ and δ’

 

Detector Data

δ

δ’
Identification #

1907

1912
Thickness

20.8

20.0
Area

1.30

1.50
Resolution    
Inactive Window

40 μg/cm2

40 μg/cm2

 

Electronic

 

Linear Thresholds

 

 

Nominal

   

Actual (Pulser)

1.

Pd9

250 keV

284

2.

Pd10

375 keV

480

3.

Pd11

625 keV

720

4.

Ad3

1.50 MeV

1.92

5.

Ad4

2.5 MeV

3.12

6.

Zd1

6.0 MeV

6.51

 

Double Pulse Resolving Time: 25 μs

 

Mechanical:

 

δ Look Angle: ± 14.5° = 29° 
δ Geometric Factor: 2.6 × 10-3 cm2sr
 δ’

 

Step

Look Angle

Solid Angle

Geometric Factor

1

    

0.080 mm2sr

2

    

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3

    

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Updated 8/9/19, Cameron Crane

VOYAGER 1 ELAPSED TIME

--:--:--:--
Days: Hours: Minutes: Seconds

*Since official launch
September 5, 1977, 12:56:00:00 UTC

VOYAGER 2 ELAPSED TIME

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Days: Hours: Minutes: Seconds

*Since official launch
August 20, 1977, 14:29:00:00 UTC

QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: Voyagers 1 and 2 were built in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

Mission Duration: 40+ years have elapsed for both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 (both are ongoing).

Destination: Their original destinations were Saturn and Jupiter. Their current destination is interstellar space.