OGO 3 - VLF Noise and Propagation


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 5 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 Initial observations of low-energy electrons in the
earth's magnetosphere with OGO 3 (E72.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1966-049A&ex=17
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 07-06-1966
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 29-02-1972
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 33
Highest data rate 64 kbps
Preliminary results (R72.1)
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 Microfilm and Digital Tape
Location of the data Stanford University
References about the data ?????
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????