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Parker Solar Probe, PSP, FIELDS Suite, V4 Voltage Probe, V4, Instrument

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/ParkerSolarProbe/FIELDS/V4

Description

The FIELDS instrument combines magnetic and electric field measurements into a single, coordinated experiment. Magnetic fields are measured using both fluxgate and search-coil induction magnetometers mounted on a deployable boom in the spacecraft umbra. FIELDS will make electric field measurements both as a current-biased, resistively-coupled, double-probe instrument (Harvey et al. 1995, Bonnell et al. 2009, Wygant et al. 2013) and as a capacitively-coupled radio and plasma wave instrument (Bougeret et al. 1995, 2008). The V1, V2, V3, and V4 electric field probes are mounted at the base of the Parker Solar Probe, PSP, Thermal Protection System, TPS, or heat shield and deploy out into full sunlight. At the PSP perihelion altitude of 9.8 solar radii, these antennas will reach temperatures of more than 1300°C. Another simple voltage sensor, the V5 antenna, is mounted on the magnetometer boom in the umbra of the spacecraft.

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ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/ParkerSolarProbe/FIELDS/V4
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Parker Solar Probe, PSP, FIELDS Suite, V4 Voltage Probe, V4, Instrument
AlternateName
Solar Probe Plus, SPP, FIELDS Suite, V4 Voltage Probe, V4, Instrument
ReleaseDate
2020-03-16 12:34:56.789Z
Description

The FIELDS instrument combines magnetic and electric field measurements into a single, coordinated experiment. Magnetic fields are measured using both fluxgate and search-coil induction magnetometers mounted on a deployable boom in the spacecraft umbra. FIELDS will make electric field measurements both as a current-biased, resistively-coupled, double-probe instrument (Harvey et al. 1995, Bonnell et al. 2009, Wygant et al. 2013) and as a capacitively-coupled radio and plasma wave instrument (Bougeret et al. 1995, 2008). The V1, V2, V3, and V4 electric field probes are mounted at the base of the Parker Solar Probe, PSP, Thermal Protection System, TPS, or heat shield and deploy out into full sunlight. At the PSP perihelion altitude of 9.8 solar radii, these antennas will reach temperatures of more than 1300°C. Another simple voltage sensor, the V5 antenna, is mounted on the magnetometer boom in the umbra of the spacecraft.

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge NASA, Stuart D. Bale, the PSP FIELDS Instrument Suite Principal Investigator, and Nicola J. Fox, the PSP Project Scientist.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/Nicola.J.Fox
2.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Stuart.D.Bale
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
Parker Solar Probe FIELDS Suite NSSDCA Master Catalog Listing
URL
Description

NSSDC Master Catalog Listing for the Parker Solar Probe FIELDS Suite, NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2018-065A-01

InstrumentType
Antenna
InvestigationName
Parker Solar Probe Mission
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2018-08-12 07:31:00.000Z
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