NSSDCA ID: 1963-046A-02
Mission Name: IMP-AEach of two uniaxial fluxgate magnetometers, having dynamic ranges of plus or minus 40 nT, sampled the magnetic field 30 times within each of six 4.8-s intervals every 5.46 min. Detector sensitivities were plus or minus 0.25 nT, and digitization uncertainty was plus or minus 0.40 nT. A rubidium vapor magnetometer was used to calibrate the instruments but did not produce any independently useful data sets. The instruments functioned normally throughout the useful life of the satellite and provided usable data through May 30, 1964. See Ness et al., J. Geophys. Res., v. 69, pp. 3531-3569, 1964. Hourly averaged interplanetary data also exist as part of data sets in the NSSDC supplementary data file. NSSDC has all the useful data that exist from this investigation.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Norman F. Ness | Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |