--------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment --------------------------------------------------------- Fluxgate Magneotmeter for Average Fields NSSDC ID: 74-097A-02 Mission Name: Helios-A Principal Investigator: Ness Description This experiment (E3) consisted of a boom-mounted, triaxial-fluxgate magnetometer. An automatic inflight range switch system selected the optimum of four ranges that were minus to plus 16, 48, 144, and 432 nT per sensor. These had corresponding digitization resolutions of minus to plus 0.03, 0.09, 0.28, and 0.84 nT, respectively. A sensor flipper was actuated every 36 h to assist in sensor zero level determination. For telemetry bit rates above 256 bps, vector measurements were made at rates between 1 and 16 per s, depending on bit rates. At lower bit rates, averages and variances were computed on board for transmission to earth. ------------------- Discipline(s) Space Physics/Heliospheric Studies --------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment Personnel --------------------------------------------------------- Fluxgate Magneotmeter for Average Fields NSSDC ID: 74-097A-02 Principal Investigator Dr. Norman F. Ness Bartol Research Institute University of Delaware 217 Sharp Laboratory Newark, DE 19716 Electronic Mail BARTOL::NFNESS (NSI/DECNET) ----- Other Investigator Dr. Leonard F. Burlaga GSFC-Code 692 Electronic Mail LEPVAX::U2LEB (NSI/DECNET) ----- Prof. Franco Mariani Istituto di Fisica G. Marconi Piazzale A. Moro 2 00185 Roma Italy Electronic Mail MARIANI@ROMA2.INFN.IT (INTERNET) 40007::MARIANI (NSI/DECNET) ----- Dr. Sergio C. Cantarano Laboratorio Plasma Spazio Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Casella Postale 27 00044 Frascati Roma Italy ----- NSSDC Contact Dr. H. Kent Hills GSFC-Code 633 Electronic Mail HILLS@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV (INTERNET) NSSDCA::HILLS (NSI/DECNET) ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For questions about this experiment, please contact: Dr. H. Kent Hills, hills@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov, (301)296-9431 GSFC-Code 633 For questions about the NSSDC's information systems, please contact: Dr. James Thieman, thieman@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov, (301)286-9790 National Space Science Data Center, Code 633.2 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Official: J. H. King, king@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Last Updated: 1995-08-30 Output Generated: 1996-09-25 Programming by: E. V. Bell, II