OGO 1 - Wideband and Narrow-Band Step Frequency VLF Receivers


PI of the experiment or contact person Robert A. Helliwell
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) STAR-DEE-US        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person rah@nova.stanford.edu
Type of experiment 4 VLF radio receivers that studied natural and man-made VLF noise occurrences
at orbital altitudes. The receiver systems consisted of an inflatable 2.9-m loop antenna
References about the experiment (E70.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-054A&ex=8
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 07-09-1964
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 15-12-1965
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 15
Highest data rate 64 kbps
Preliminary results OGO-1 magnetic field observations (R70.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Electric field and magnetic field components
Data range 0.2 - 100 kHz
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution 0.5 s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports 35-mm Microfilm,35-mm paper rolls
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-054A&ex=8&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) Dr. J. Katsufrakis, at Stanford University