NSSDCA ID: 1964-040A-08
Mission Name: Vela 2AThe magnetic field experiment on the Vela 2A spacecraft, part of the USA program for the detection of nuclear weapons explosions in space, consisted of a single axis induction magnetometer oriented transverse to the spin axis of the spacecraft. The sensor's output was logarithmically extended over the dynamic range of 0-36 gamma. The sampling rate was 1 Hz and the instrument bandpass was 1.75 - 2.25 Hz. The presence of a large and variable spacecraft generated field at the spin frequency of the satellites contaminated the magnetometer data.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. Eugene W. Greenstadt | Principal Investigator | TRW Systems Group |