Explorer 14 - Fluxgate Magnetometers


PI of the experiment or contact person Laurence J. Cahill (retired)
Frank B. McDonald
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) UM        (USA)
UM        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person Laurence.J.Cahill-1@tc.umn.edu
sm27@umail.umd.edu
Type of experiment 3 orthogonal fluxgate magnetometers mounted on the end of an 86.4-cm boom
References about the experiment Magnetometers for Space Research (E23.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1962-051A&ex=2
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 01-01-1963
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 30-05-1963
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 5
Highest data rate ?????
Preliminary results Inflation of the Magnetosphere near 8 Earth Radii in the Dark Hemisphere (R23.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) The field magnitude and its standard deviation, the polar angle of the field vector
(measured relative to the satellite spin axis) and its standard deviation,
and the azimuthal angle of the field vector (measured relative to
the satellite meridian plane passing through the sun) and its standard deviation.
Data range ± 500 nT
Sensitivity 1 nT
Time resolution 327 ms
Sampling rate 3 vector samples per second
Data formats and supports Restored Tape
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1962-051A&ex=2&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????