INJUN 5 - VLF Receiver


PI of the experiment or contact person Donald A. Gurnett
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) DPA-UI        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person donald-gurnett@uiowa.edu
Type of experiment 2 antennas, one driving a magnetic-field component receiver
(MCR operated from a 55.9-cm-diameter loop antenna), and
the other driving two electric-field component receivers
(ECR operated from an antenna consisting of two 20.3-cm-diameter
aluminum spheres mounted 2.85 m apart on opposite sides of the spacecraft)
References about the experiment Initial Observations of VFL Electric and Magnetif Fields
with the Injun 5 Satellite (E53.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-066B&ex=2
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 09-08-1968
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 30-05-1970
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 20
Highest data rate ?????
Preliminary results Morphology of VLF emissions observed with the Injun 5 satellite (R53.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Electric and magnetic components (both phase and amplitude) of VLF signals
Data range E : DC - 105 kHz
B : 30 Hz - 10 kHz
Sensitivity E : 10 µV
B : 3.10-3 nT
Time resolution 4 s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports BCD Magnetic Tapes and 70-mm Black and White Negative
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-066B&ex=2&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????