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The Galileo Energetic Particles Detector

 

Galileo EPD Handbook

 

Appendices

 

Appendix A. EDR File Structure (continued)

 

3. EPD Subsystem Telemetry (continued)

Source: GLL-3-280, Rev. B, Appendix A, March 15, 1985

 

LEMMS PHA Data

 

The LEMMS PHA data section contains an additional five (8 bit) bytes of LEMMS PHA data. The contents of this section are shown in Table 5.

 

Table 5. LEMMS PHA Data (bit 1 is MSB).

 


 

Table 6. Galileo EPD LEMMS PHA Bin Assignments

 

Packet Identifier
(Modulo 7 counter)		 Byte
Number		 LEMMS PHA
Bin Number
0 10 1
0 11 2
0 12 3
0 13 4
0 14 5
0 15 6
0 16 7
0 17 8
0 18 9
0 19 10
0 20 11
0 21 12
0 22 13
0 23 14
0 24 15
0 25 16
0 26 17
1 22 18
1 23 19
1 24 20
1 25 21
1 26 22
2 22 23
2 23 24
2 24 25
2 25 26
2 26 27
3 22 28
3 23 29
3 24 30
3 25 31
3 26 32
4 22 33
4 23 34
4 24 35
4 25 36
4 26 37
5 22 38
5 23 39
5 24 40
5 25 41
5 26 42
6 22 43
6 23 44
6 24 45
6 25 46
6 26 47

 

 

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Updated 8/23/19, Cameron Crane

QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: The Galileo Spacecraft was manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, General Electric, and the Hughes Aircraft Company.

Mission Duration: Galileo was planned to have a mission duration of around 8 years, but was kept in operation for 13 years, 11 months, and 3 days, until it was destroyed in a controlled impact with Jupiter on September 21, 2003.

Destination: Galileo's destination was Jupiter and its moons, which it orbitted for 7 years, 9 months, and 13 days.