IMP-B - Fluxgate Magnetometer


PI of the experiment or contact person Norman F. Ness
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) BRI-UD        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person nfness@bartol.udel.edu
Type of experiment 2 uniaxial fluxgate magnetometers and a rubidium 87 magnetometer (R)
References about the experiment Magnetometers for Space Research (E43.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-060A&ex=2
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 04-10-1964
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 07-04-1965
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 6
Highest data rate ?????
Preliminary results Magnetic Field Measurements with the IMP 2 Satellite (R43.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic field components
Data range ± 40 nT
R : 3 - 50 nT
Sensitivity ± 0.25 nT
R : 0.5 nT
Time resolution 20.5 s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports Magnetic and binary tapes
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-060A&ex=2&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????