NSSDCA ID: 1996-050C-05
Mission Name: Interball Auroral ProbeThe IMAP-3 magnetic field experiment is designed to study the following processes in the Earth's plasma environment: structure of the inner magnetosphere magnetic field; structure of the small scale field-aligned currents; dynamics of the field-aligned currents during substorms; and relation of the processes in the auroral zone and in the tail.
The IMAP-3 was designed and manufactured under cooperation of IZMIRAN, NPL SDS (Bulgaria) and PIC GPI of RAS.
The instrument is designed to measure three components of the DC magnetic field in two ranges: +/- 6800 nT with resolution 1 nT and +/- 68000 nT with resolution 10 nT. Usually magnetometer data are transmitted to the scientific SSNI telemetry system at a rate of one vector per 3 seconds; during special intervals data are transmitted to telemetry at 2 or 8 vectors second depending on the instrument operating mode.
The spacecraft was launched on 29 August 1996. The IMAP-3 was initially tested on the 9th of September and started to work regularly on the 14th of September.
Mass: 4.8 kg
Bit rate (avg): 1 kbps
Questions and comments about this experiment can be directed to: Dr. H. Kent Hills
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. L. N. Zhuzgov | Co-Investigator | IZMIRAN | |
Dr. Ivan S. Arshinkov | Principal Investigator | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |