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Pioneer 10 Daily Spacecraft Trajectory Version 3.1 Data

Smith, Edward J. (2026). Pioneer 10 Daily Spacecraft Trajectory Version 3.1 Data [Data set]. Space Physics Data Facility. https://doi.org/10.48322/4yzq-f649 .

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/Pioneer10/Ephemeris/P1D

Description

This data set consists of daily spacecraft position coordinates in ASCII format, as converted from the Version 3.1 final archive (NSSDC ID # 72-012A-13L) for Plasma Analyzer data originally submitted to NSSDC in VMS binary format.

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Version:2.7.1

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https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
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CC0-1.0
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https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions

Version:2.7.1

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/Pioneer10/Ephemeris/P1D
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Pioneer 10 Daily Spacecraft Trajectory Version 3.1 Data
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/4yzq-f649
ReleaseDate
2026-06-26 13:26:06Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 21:15:07Z
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:30:54Z
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Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Updated to 2.7.1. ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-04-10 09:58:47Z
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Added new Contact(s). ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-04-10 10:03:44Z
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Added PublicationInfo. ZCB
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ReleaseDate
2026-04-30 16:34:07Z
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Added DOI. tlk
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-06-26 13:26:06Z
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Add 'Z' to TemporalDescription:TimeSpan:StartDate, TemporalDescription:TimeSpan:StopDate. ZCB
Description

This data set consists of daily spacecraft position coordinates in ASCII format, as converted from the Version 3.1 final archive (NSSDC ID # 72-012A-13L) for Plasma Analyzer data originally submitted to NSSDC in VMS binary format.

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator, Dr. Paul R. Gazis, and SPDF.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Smith, Edward J.
PublicationDate
2026-04-10 10:03:44Z
PublishedBy
Space Physics Data Facility
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Edward.J.Smith
2. GeneralContact spase://SMWG/Person/Paul.R.Gazis
InformationURL
Name
Readme file from NSSDC NMC
URL
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/dataset/display.action?id=SPHE-00818
PriorIDs
spase://VEPO/NumericalData/Pioneer10/Ephemeris/P1D
spase://VEPO/NumericalData/Pioneer10/Ephemeris/PT24H
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Pioneer10/Ephemeris/P1D
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/pioneer/pioneer10/plasma/version31/v31_traj_ascii/
Description

for hourly data via ftp

AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/pioneer/pioneer10/plasma/version31/v31_traj_ascii/
Description

for hourly data via http

Format
Text
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Pioneer10/Ephemeris
MeasurementType
Ephemeris
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1972-03-24 00:00:00Z
StopDate
1995-12-31 00:00:00Z
Cadence
P1D
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Inner