Voyager LECP

VOYAGER

Voyager LECP Data Analysis Handbook

Data File Descriptions

Super Average Tape Record Description

Trajectory Footnotes

Item #	Name	Type	Cruise (EME1950)	Jupiter (EME50)	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Coord	Units
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, 54-65 AND 70-72, ARE TRAJECTORY DATA WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT ITEMS FOR CRUISE, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, AND NEPTUNE. IN GENERAL, THE COORDINATE FOR SATELLITES IS PLANET CENTERED, PLANET MEAN ORBIT, AND PRIME MERIDIAN IN SUN DIRECTION. HOWEVER, THE COORDINATE FOR SUN IS PLANET CENTERED, EARTH MEAN ECLIPTIC AND EQUINOX OF 1950.0 (ECL50). 1 AU (ASTRONOMICAL UNIT = 1.496E08 KM)
			MISSION PHASE
54	SUNX	I*2	SUN	SUN	SUN	SUN	SUN	X	0.01 AU
55	SUNY	I*2	SUN	SUN	SUN	SUN	SUN	Y	0.01 AU
56	SUNZ	I*2	SUN,	SUN	SUN	SUN	SUN,	Z	0.01 AU
57	SAT1X	I*2	EARTH	IO	TITAN	MIRANDA	TRITON	X	0.01 RP
58	SAT1Y	I*2	EARTH	IO,	TITAN	MIRANDA	TRITON	Y	0.01 RP
59	SAT1Z	I*2	EARTH	IO	TITAN	MIRANDA	TRITON	Z	0.01 RP
60	SAT2X	I*2	JUPITER	EUROPA	RHEA	ARIEL	1989N1	X	0.01 RP
61	SAT2Y	I*2	JUPITER	EUROPA	RHEA	ARIEL	1989N1	Y	0.01 RP
62	SAT2Z	I*2	JUPITER	EUROPA	RHEA	ARIEL	1989N1	Z	0.01 RP
63	SAT3X	I*2	SATURN	GANYMEDE	DIONE	UMBRIEL	1989N2	X	0.01 RP
64	SAT3Y	I*2	SATURN	GANYMEDE	DIONE	UMBRIEL	1989N2	Y	0.01 RP
65	SAT3Z	I*2	SATURN	GANYMEDE	DIONE	UMBRIEL	1989N2	Z	0.01 RP

70	SAT4X	I*2		CALLISTO	MIMAS	TITANIA	1989N3	X	0.01 RP
71	SAT4Y	I*2		CALLISTO	MIMAS	TITANIA	1989N3	Y	0.01 RP
72	SAT4Z	I*2		CALLISTO	MIMAS	TITANIA	1989N3	Z	0.01 RP

Additional details on Jupiter trajectory data:

Item	Name		Type
54	SUNX	SEDR, -(55)(1.496E06)	I*2	X coordinate of Sun, units of 0.01 AU
55	SUNY	SEDR, -(56)(1.496E06)	I*2	Y coordinate of Sun, units of 0.01 AU
56	SUNZ	SEDR, -(57)(1.496E06)	I*2	Z coordinate of Sun, units of 0.01 AU
57	SAT1X	IO, SEDR, (97)/(713)	I*2	X coordinate of Satellite 1, units of 0.01 Rp
58	SAT1Y	IO, SEDR, (98)/(713)	I*2	Y coordinate of Satellite 1, units of 0.01 Rp
59	SAT1Z	IO, SEDR, (99)/(713)	I*2	Z coordinate of Satellite 1, units of 0.01 Rp
60	SAT2X	EUROPA, SEDR, (103)/(713)	I*2	X coordinate of Satellite 2, units of 0.01 Rp
61	SAT2Y	EUROPA, SEDR, (104)/(713)	I*2	Y coordinate of Satellite 2, units of 0.01 Rp
62	SAT2Z	EUROPA, SEDR, (105)/(713)	I*2	Z coordinate of Satellite 2 units of 0.01 Rp
63	SAT3X	GANYMEDE, SEDR, (109)/(713)	I*2	X coordinate of Satellite 3, units of 0.01 Rp
64	SAT3Y	GANYMEDE, SEDR, (110)/(713)	I*2	Y coordinate of Satellite 3, units of 0.01 Rp
65	SAT3Z	GANYMEDE, SEDR, (111)/(713)	I*2	Z coordinate of Satellite 13 units of 0.01 Rp

66	NAMEIN		A*2	1st and 2nd characters of input filename
67	NAMEIN		A*2	3rd and 4th characters of input filename
68	NAMEIN		A*2	5th and 6th characters of input filename
69	NAMEIN		A*2	7th and 8th characters of input filename

70	SAT4X	CALLISTO, SEDR,(115)/(713)	I*2	X coordinate of Satellite 4, units of 0.01 Rp
71	SAT4Y	CALLISTO, SEDR,(116)/(713)	I*2	Y coordinate of Satellite 4, units of 0.01 Rp
72	SAT4Z	CALLISTO, SEDR,(117)/(713)	I*2	Z coordinate of Satellite 4, units of 0.01 Rp

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Updated 8/9/19, Cameron Crane

VOYAGER 1 ELAPSED TIME

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Days: Hours: Minutes: Seconds

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

VOYAGER 2 ELAPSED TIME

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*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.