Voyager 1 LECP Saturn Far Encounter Charged Particle Measurements

Voyager 1 spacecraft data from the vicinity of Saturn includes electron and ion counting rates measured by the Low Energy Charged Particle experiment. The dataset contains a subset of almost 100 LECP channels with 0.4-second resolution measurements during the far encounter phase. NASA produced this data, which was last updated on March 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze charged particle flux variations based on 0.4-second high-resolution rate measurements
• Study particle species composition based on data for electrons, protons, alpha particles, and nuclei
• Model Saturn's magnetospheric environment based on in-situ measurements from the LECP instrument
• Calibrate particle detection models based on globally calibrated LECP data

Strengths

• Includes a subset of almost 100 distinct LECP measurement channels
• Provides high-resolution 0.4-second rate measurements
• Data are globally calibrated to the extent possible
• Contains measurements for multiple particle species including electrons, protons, alpha particles, and nuclei

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last updated 2026-03-13 03:52:23.032621; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data collected by the Low Energy Charged Particle experiment on the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

Geography

Saturn vicinity