--------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment --------------------------------------------------------- Fluxgate Magnetometer for Average Fields NSSDC ID: 76-003A-02 Mission Name: Helios-B 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: 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. 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. For further details, see pp. 237-240 of Raumfahrtforschung, v. 19, n. 5, 1975. ------------------- Discipline(s) Space Physics/Heliospheric Studies --------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC Master Catalog Display Experiment Personnel --------------------------------------------------------- Fluxgate Magnetometer for Average Fields NSSDC ID: 76-003A-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: 1995-09-05 Output Generated: 1996-09-25 Programming by: E. V. Bell, II