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/*    This structure describes the format of the time series (data)         */
/*    record of the spacecraft attitude file of the Pioneer Venus           */
/*    Orbiter (PVO) Supplementary Experimental Data Record (SEDR).  The     */
/*    following is an overview in tabular form of the spacecraft attitude   */
/*    data record:                                                          */
/*                                                                          */
/*   +----+----------------------------------------+                        */
/*   |    |BITS --❯                                |                        */
/*   +----+----------------------------------------+                        */
/*   |    |           111 1111 1112 2222 2222 2333 |                        */
/*   |    |1234 5678 9012 3456 7890 1234 5678 9012 |                        */
/*   +----+----------------------------------------+                        */
/*   |WD 1|    YEAR OF DATA   |    DOY OF DATA     |                        */
/*   |   2| MILLISECONDS (S/C UT) OF ATTITUDE DATA |                        */
/*   |   3|    CELESTIAL LATITUDE IN DEGREES       |                        */
/*   |   4|    CELESTIAL LONGITUDE IN DEGREES      |                        */
/*   |   5|                (SPARE)                 |                        */
/*   +----+----------------------------------------+                        */
/****************************************************************************/
/* Table format description begins here.                                    */
/****************************************************************************/
OBJECT               = COLUMN
  NAME               = "YEAR OF SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE DATA"
  DATA_TYPE          = "MSB INTEGER"
  START_BYTE         = 1
  BYTES              = 2
  DESCRIPTION        = "This object contains the four digit year in
  spacecraft universal time for the PVO spacecraft attitude observation."
END_OBJECT           = COLUMN

/* Changed NOTE to DESCRIPTION throughout file. */

OBJECT               = COLUMN
  NAME               = "DAY OF YEAR OF SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE DATA"
  DATA_TYPE          = "MSB INTEGER"
  START_BYTE         = 3
  BYTES              = 2
  DESCRIPTION        = "This object contains the three digit day of year
  in spacecraft universal time, ranging from 1 to 366, for the PVO
  spacecraft attitude observation."
END_OBJECT           = COLUMN

OBJECT               = COLUMN
  NAME               = "MILLISECONDS OF DAY"
  DATA_TYPE          = "MSB INTEGER"
  START_BYTE         = 5
  BYTES              = 4
  DESCRIPTION        = "This object contains the milliseconds of the day
  in spacecraft universal time, where midnight is 0.00, for the PVO
  spacecraft attitude observation."
END_OBJECT           = COLUMN

OBJECT               = COLUMN
  NAME               = "CELESTIAL LATITUDE"
  DATA_TYPE          = "IBM REAL"
  START_BYTE         = 9
  BYTES              = 4
  DESCRIPTION        = "This object contains the celestial latitude of
  the spacecraft, measured in degrees."
END_OBJECT           = COLUMN

OBJECT               = COLUMN
  NAME               = "CELESTIAL LONGITUDE"
  DATA_TYPE          = "IBM REAL"
  START_BYTE         = 13
  BYTES              = 4
  DESCRIPTION        = "This object contains the celestial longitude of
  the spacecraft, measured in degrees."
END_OBJECT           = COLUMN

OBJECT               = COLUMN
  NAME               = "SPARE"
  DATA_TYPE          = "IBM REAL"
  START_BYTE         = 17
  BYTES              = 4
  DESCRIPTION        = "This object contains a spare (empty) value."
END_OBJECT           = COLUMN