EXOS-D - Electric Field Detectors (EFD)


PI of the experiment or contact person H. Hayakawa
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) ISAS       (JPN)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person hayakawa@gtl.isas.ac.jp
Type of experiment 2 pairs of 30 m wire antennas used as probes, orthogonally to each other
in a plane perpendicular to the satellite spin axis
References about the experiment Electric Field Measurement on the Akebono ( EXOS-D ) Satellite (E20.1)
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Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 04-03-1989
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) *****
Lifetime of the experiment (month) *****
Highest data rate 64 kbps
Preliminary results VLF Observations by the Akebono (EXOS-D) Satellite (R20.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Vector electric field by 2 different techniques :
the double probe technique and the ion beam technique
Data range ± 120 V
Sensitivity 3.66 mV/m
Time resolution 8 s
Sampling rate 32 samples per second
Data formats and supports Optical and magnetic disks
Location of the data ISAS       (JPN)
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