The Galileo Energetic Particles Detector
Galileo EPD Handbook
Chapter 2. EPD Software
LGA Processing Software for the Energetic Particles Detector (continued)
Source: C. Brull and S. Stone, December 19, 1998
2. LGA Processor Inputs
2.1 LGA EPD Packets
The LGA packets are described in detail in Steve Jaskulek's document EPD SBAND Mission Software Requirements, Rev. H, dated February 22, 1996. Additional details regarding the LGA packet format are found in the JPL document GLL-3-280 Rev. D, Appendix D, section 3.10.5.4.
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2.2 SFDU for Galileo Project
The data packets are enclosed in a Standard Formated Data Unit. The main reference for this section is a compilation of three documents created by Betsy Wilson.
2.3 MAG Data
Magnetometer data is to be included in the LGA archive (section 3.1.7). Magnetic field information is supplied by the magnetometer team in the form of an ASCII file containing time and magnetic field components in spacecraft coordinates.
2.4 SPICE
Position and orientation information of the Galileo spacecraft is included in the EPD header block (section 3.1) of the LGA archive file. The data will be obtained from AACS packets and SPICE kernels. Appendix B contains information on how the coordinate systems are defined.
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