Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Oct 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993stin...9417292k&link_type=abstract
Final Technical Report, Aug. 1988 - Sep. 1993 Knudsen Geophysical Branch, Monte Sereno, CA.
Computer Science
Performance
Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft, Planetary Ionospheres, Spacecraft Instruments, Venus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Entry, Data Processing, Data Reduction, In Situ Measurement, Ionospheric Composition, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Ion Density, Solar Cycles, Space Plasmas
Scientific paper
This report describes the data analysis and archiving activities, analysis results, and instrument performance of the orbiter retarding potential analyzer (ORPA) flown on the Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft during the period, Aug. 1, 1988 to Sept. 30, 1993. During this period, the periapsis altitude of the Orbiter spacecraft descended slowly from 1900 km altitude, at which altitude the spacecraft was outside the Venus ionosphere, to approximately 130 km altitude in Oct. 1992 at which time communication with the spacecraft ceased as a result of entry of the spacecraft into the Venus atmosphere. The quantity of ORPA data returned during this reporting period was greatly reduced over that recovered in the previous years of the mission because of the reduced power capability of the spacecraft, loss of half of the onboard data storage, and partial failure of the ORPA. Despite the reduction in available data, especially ionospheric data, important scientific discoveries resulted from this extended period of the Pioneer Venus mission. The most significant discovery was that of a strong solar cycle change in the size of the dayside ionosphere and the resulting shutoff of flow of dayside ions into the nightside hemisphere. The large, topside O+ F2 ionospheric layer observed during the first three years of the Pioneer Venus mission, a period of solar cycle maximum activity, is absent during the solar cycle minimum activity period.
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