SMS-1 - Magnetic Field Monitor


PI of the experiment or contact person Donald J. Williams
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) APL        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person donald.williams@jhuapl.edu
Type of experiment A biaxial, closed-loop, fluxgate magnetometer was deployed on a boom
about 0.61 m long with one sensor aligned parallel to the spacecraft spin axis
and the other perpendicular to this axis
References about the experiment (E83.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1974-033A&ex=4
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 07-1974
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 10-1975
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 15
Highest data rate ?????
Preliminary results (R83.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) The magnetic field at synchronous altitude
Data range ±50, ±100, ±200, or ±400 nT and ±1200 nT in 40-nT steps
Sensitivity 0.2 nT
Time resolution 3 s
Sampling rate 1 sample/s
Data formats and supports ?????
Location of the data ?????
References about the data ?????
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) H. J. Singer     SEC-NOAA     hsinger@sec.noaa.gov