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A biaxial, closed loop, fluxgate magnetometer was deployed on a boom about 0.61 m long. The magnetometer, which had one sensor aligned parallel to the spacecraft spin axis and the other perpendicular to this axis, measured the magnetic field at synchronous altitude. Each sensor had a selectable range (+50, 100, 200, or 400 nT), an offset field capability (plus or minus 1200 nT in 40 nT steps), and an inflight calibration capability.
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A biaxial, closed loop, fluxgate magnetometer was deployed on a boom about 0.61 m long. The magnetometer, which had one sensor aligned parallel to the spacecraft spin axis and the other perpendicular to this axis, measured the magnetic field at synchronous altitude. Each sensor had a selectable range (+50, 100, 200, or 400 nT), an offset field capability (plus or minus 1200 nT in 40 nT steps), and an inflight calibration capability.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Harold.Leinbach | |||
| 2. | TeamMember | spase://SMWG/Person/Ernest.Hildner | |||
| 3. | TeamMember | spase://SMWG/Person/Joann.Joselyn | |||
| 4. | GeneralContact | spase://SMWG/Person/Joseph.N.Barfield | |||
| 5. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Howard.J.Singer | |||
| 6. | MetadataContact | spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand |
Introduction to the GOES 2 MFM instrument.
Direct link to the GOES 2 MFM data in CSV (text ascii) format as well as the magnetometer data from other GOES spacecraft. The data are sorted by year. The file names indicates the data type, spacecraft number, year, month, and resolution. For example, M0137607.FIT indicates magnetometer data (M) for spacecraft 1 (01) at 3 s time resolution (3) from July 1976 (7607). Note that spacecraft IDs 91 and 92 refer to SMS satellites, not GOES.
Time is given as hour:minute (i.e., HH:MM.M). The year and month values can also be derived from the file name.
Packed-binary flagword containing status information for each full-resolution measurement.
Magnetic field vector for GOES 1 in spacecraft coordinates in units of 0.1 nT. The values must be divided by a factor of 10 to nT. HP is parallel to the satellite spin axis, which is itself: perpendicular to the orbital plane of the spacecraft. HE lies parallel: to the satellite-earth center line and points earthward. HN is: perpendicular to both HP and HE, and points westward for GOES 1.
HP is parallel to the satellite spin axis, which is itself: perpendicular to the orbital plane of the spacecraft. HE lies parallel: to the satellite-earth center line and points earthward. HN is: perpendicular to both HP and HE, and points westward for GOES 1.