PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = FIXED_LENGTH RECORD_BYTES = 67 FILE_RECORDS = 15030 DATA_SET_ID = "MPF-M-RSS-1/5-RADIOTRACK-V1.0" TARGET_NAME = "MARS" INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME = "VIKING LANDER" MISSION_PHASE_NAME = "SURFACE OPERATIONS" INSTRUMENT_NAME = "RADIO SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM" INSTRUMENT_ID = "RSS" DSN_STATION_NUMBER = {14,42,43,61,63} PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = "N/A" START_TIME = 1976-07-21T07:15:32Z STOP_TIME = 1978-12-30T05:19:50Z DESCRIPTION = "Radio Doppler measurements ordered by time, including DSN station IDs and estimated measurement error, from Viking Lander 1, which were used in conjunction with data from Mars Pathfinder to solve for Mars rotation parameters. Note that DSS station 61, was raised 10 feet on 9-AUG-1979, so the station position needs to be adjusted from the current value for data before that time. The measurements have been corrected for station calibrations and Earth troposphere and ionosphere calibrations." ^DOPPLER_DATA_TABLE = "VIK_DOPP.TAB" OBJECT = DOPPLER_DATA_TABLE NAME = "Doppler Measurements" INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII ROWS = 15030 COLUMNS = 7 ROW_BYTES = 67 OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 1 NAME = "TIMETAG" DATA_TYPE = TIME START_BYTE = 1 BYTES = 23 UNIT = "N/A" DESCRIPTION = "Day and UTC time of reception of signal at station." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 2 NAME = "TRANSMITTER" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER START_BYTE = 25 BYTES = 3 FORMAT = "I3" UNIT = "N/A" DESCRIPTION = "Transmitting DSN station number" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 3 NAME = "LANDER" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER START_BYTE = 29 BYTES = 3 FORMAT = "I3" UNIT = "N/A" DESCRIPTION = "Lander number (1=Viking 1, 2=Viking 2, 3=Pathfinder)" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 4 NAME = "RECEIVER" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER START_BYTE = 33 BYTES = 3 FORMAT = "I3" UNIT = "N/A" DESCRIPTION = "Receiving DSN station number" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 5 NAME = "DOPPLER" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 37 BYTES = 15 FORMAT = "F15.10" UNIT = "N/A" DESCRIPTION = "Rate of change in round-trip light time, tims speed of light, in kilometers/second." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 6 NAME = "SIGMA" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 53 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = "F6.2" UNIT = "N/A" DESCRIPTION = "Estimated measurement error, in millimeters/second." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN COLUMN_NUMBER = 7 NAME = "COMPRESSION" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 60 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = "F6.1" UNIT = "SECONDS" DESCRIPTION = "Length of Doppler measurement interval, in seconds" END_OBJECT = COLUMN END_OBJECT = DOPPLER_DATA_TABLE END