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Voyager Magnetometer Summary File Header Record Format

Header Record Components

Header Block: 400 bytes
Header Block Description

word type description
---- ---- -----------
1    A*4  Data Identifier ("HDR1")
2    A*4  Telemetry Format ("ENG ","CR-1","CR-2","CR-3","CR-4","CR-5",
                            "CR-6","CR-7","CR5A","GS-2","GS-3","GS-4",
                            "GS-6","GS-7","GS-8","GS10","G10A","OC-1",
                            "OC-2","UV5A","****")
3    A*4  S/C Identification ("FLT1","FLT2","PTM ","SIM1","SIM2","UKWN")
4    I*2  Year of Data
4.5  I*2  Day of Year (Jan. 1 = 1)
5    I*2  Hour of Day
5.5  I*2  Minute of Hour
6    I*2  Second of Minute
6.5  I*2  Millisecond of Second
7    R*4  Decimal Year of Data Processing 
8    R*4  Decimal Day of Data Processing (Jan. 1 = 0)
9    A*4  Month of Data Processing 
10   A*4  Day of Data Processing
11   A*8  Run type (CRUISE or ENCOUNTR) 
13   A*4  Coordinate system (PL = payload, HG = heliographic, 
                             S3=Jupiter, L1=Saturn, U1=Uranus, N1=Neptune)
17   I*2  Data Identifier (LFM=2,HDR1=8)
17.5 I*2  Data Rate (GS-X=0,CR-1=1,CR-2=2,CR-3=3,CR-4=4,CR-5=5,
                     CR-6=6,CR-7=9,ENG=8,CR5A=13,UV5A=13)  
                     * CR5A and UV5A are both VIM-5 modes
18   I*4  Spare
19   A*8  Data Confidence Flag (indicates reduced data confidence due to 
                                software/hardware intervention)
21   I*4  Spare
22   I*4  Spare
23   I*4  Spare
24   I*4  Spare
25   I*4  Spare
26   I*4  Spare
27   I*4  Spare
28   I*4  Spare
29   I*4  Spare
30   I*2  Number of primary data words
30.5 I*2  Number of secondary data words
31   I*2  Number of primary full words
31.5 I*2  Number of secondary full words
32   I*2  Record number in file
32.5 I*2  Number of words remaining in logical record
33   A*8  EDR name
34   A*8  EDR name
35   A*8  EDR name
36   A*8  EDR name
37   A*8  EDR name
38   A*8  EDR name
39   A*8  EDR name
40   A*8  EDR name
41   A*8  EDR name
42   A*8  EDR name

53   A*8  SEDR name
54   A*8  SEDR name
55   A*8  SEDR name
56   A*8  SEDR name
57   A*8  SEDR name
58   A*8  SEDR name

77-80 32(L*1) LOGOCAL PROCESSING FLAGS

93   A*8  ZERO TABLE NAME
94        Spare
95   A*8  SENSOR ALIGNMENT TABLE NAME

		
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