OGO 5 - Magnetic Survey using Two Magnetometers


PI of the experiment or contact person James P. Heppner
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) ITSS        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person ?????
Type of experiment A triaxial fluxgate magnetometer mounted on booms to minimize effects of spacecraft fields
References about the experiment Magnetometers for space measurements over a wide range of field intensities (E74.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-014A&ex=15
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 (R74.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) 3 magnetic field vector components
Data range 0 - 120 Hz
±4000 nT
Sensitivity ±1 nT
Time resolution ?????
Sampling rate 1.7 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=15&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????