OGO 5 - UCLA Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer


PI of the experiment or contact person Paul J. Coleman
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) IGPP-UCLA        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person pcoleman@uclasp.igpp.ucla.edu
Type of experiment A triaxial fluxgate magnetometer mounted on a 6.1-m boom
References about the experiment A magnetic field instrument for the OGO-E spacecraft (E74.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-014A&ex=14
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 05-03-1968
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 06-08-1971
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 41
Highest data rate 64 kbps
Preliminary results (R74.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic fields components
Data range ±64000 nT
Sensitivity ±0.125 nT
Time resolution 4 s
Sampling rate 0.87 sample/s
Data formats and supports 16-mm Microfilm, 35-mm Microfilm, Magnetic tape
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-014A&ex=14&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????