EXPLORER 12 MAGNETOMETER RECORDS 16 AUGUST, 1961-6 DECEMBER, 1961.

Abstract

The data from which these records were made were provided by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in digital form, on magnetic tapes. The data tapes contained magnetic field measurements from a three-component Schonstedt Instrument Company fluxgate magnetometer, the time of the measurements, and several other useful related measurements. Each sensor had a nominal range of + or - 1000 gammas in measurement of the magnetic field component along its sensitive axis. One sensor, the Z sensor, was aligned approximately (within 2 degrees) with the spin axis of the satellite throughout the flight.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0816428

Entities

People

  • Laurence J. Cahill Jr
  • Robert S. Hyde

Organizations

  • University of New Hampshire

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Detectors
  • Flight
  • Magnetic Devices
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Magnetometers
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Space Flight
  • Tapes
  • Vector Magnetometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology

Technology Areas

  • Space