PSP Data Releases

Parker Solar Probe Data Releases

 


 

2023/01/31

The Parker science data is accessible through NASA SPDF (spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov), SDAC (umbra.nascom.nasa.gov), the Science Operation Centers (SOCs) of the four science investigation teams, FIELDS (https://fields.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/), ISOIS (https://spp-isois.sr.unh.edu/), SWEAP (http://sweap.cfa.harvard.edu/Data.html) and WISPR (https://wispr.nrl.navy.mil/) and the APL Parker Solar Probe Gateway.

The data releases, Perihelia, Orbits, Encounters and Data Collection Periods (DCP) are listed in the tables below. Definitions and a graphic explaining PSP orbits, encounters and DCPs are included at the bottom of the page.

Data Release Dates

Date

Data Set

November 12, 2019

First data release. Orbits 1 & 2

February 10, 2020

Encounter 3

April 14, 2020

Data Collection Period 3b

August 4, 2020

Orbit 4 (ISOIS only)

September 15, 2020

Orbit 4

November 16, 2020

Orbit 5 & Venus Fly By #3

April 5, 2021

Orbit 6

June 28, 2021

Orbit 7

October 28, 2021

Orbit 8

February 7, 2022

Orbit 9

April 25, 2022

Orbit 10

August 1, 2022

Orbit 11

November 14, 2022

Orbit 12

February 20, 2023

Orbit 13

April 10, 2023

Orbit 14

 

Perihelia

Orbit Start

Orbit Stop

Encounter Start

Encounter Stop

1st

11-06-2018

08-12-2018

01-20-2019

10-31-2018

11-11-2018

2nd

04-04-2019

01-20-2019

06-18-2019

03-30-2019

04-10-2019

3rd

09-01-2019

06-18-2019

11-15-2019

08-27-2019

09-07-2019

4th

01-29-2020

11-15-2019

04-03-2020

01-23-2020

02-04-2020

5th

06-07-2020

04-03-2020

08-02-2020

06-01-2020

06-13-2020

6th

09-27-2020

08-02-2020

11-22-2020

09-21-2020

10-02-2020

7th

01-17-2021

11-22-2020

03-09-2021

01-12-2021

01-23-2021

8th

04-29-2021

03-09-2021

06-19-2021

04-24-2021

05-04-2021

9th

08-09-2021

06-19-2021

09-30-2021

08-04-2021

08-15-2021

10th

11-21-2021

09-30-2021

01-08-2022

11-16-2021

11-26-2021

11th

02-25-2022

01-08-2022

04-14-2022

02-20-2022

03-02-2022

12th

06-01-2022

04-14-2022

07-20-2022

05-27-2022

06-07-2022

13th

09-06-2022

07-20-2022

10-24-2022

09-01-2022

09-11-2022

14th

12-11-2022

10-24-2022

01-28-2023

12-06-2022

12-16-2022

15th

03-17-2023

01-28-2023

05-05-2023

03-12-2023

03-23-2023

 

Data Collection Periods

Start

Stop

00A

08-12-2018

10-07-2018

01A

10-07-2018

03-28-2019

02A

03-28-2019

05-22-2019

02B

05-22-2019

08-16-2019

03A

08-16-2019

10-16-2019

03B

10-16-2019

01-16-2020

04A

01-16-2020

05-09-2020

05A

05-09-2020

07-09-2020

05B

07-09-2020

07-29-2020

05C

07-29-2020

08-22-2020

06A

08-22-2020

11-05-2020

06B

11-05-2020

01-08-2021

07A

01-08-2021

04-06-2021

08A

04-06-2021

06-01-2021

08B

06-01-2021

07-29-2021

09A

07-29-2021

09-11-2021

09B

09-11-2021

11-10-2021

10A

11-10-2021

02-04-2022

11A

02-04-2022

05-08-2022

12A

05-08-2022

07-07-2022

12B

07-07-2022

08-24-2022

13A

08-24-2022

10-09-2022

13B

10-09-2022

11-22-2022

14A

11-22-2022

02-13-2023

15A

02-13-2023

04-11-2023

15B

04-11-2023

06-12-2023 (est.)

 

Orbit – A PSP orbit is defined from Aphelion to Aphelion.

Encounter – An encounter is the period when the spacecraft is within 0.25 helioradius.

Data Collection Period – Selection of data collection periods balances prioritization of encounter data downlink and spacecraft Solid State Recorder (SSR) management. DCPs labeled nnA typically start before an encounter and may end before the start of the next encounter, if there is no DCP nnB planned for that orbit. The primary reason for having a DCP nnB period is to transfer the data of previous encounters from instrument SSRs to the spacecraft SSR. If there is a DCP nnB planned for that orbit, it starts at the end of the DCP nnA and usually ends before the next encounter.

 

 

 

PSP Orbit Definition