NSSDCA ID: 1965-105A-01
Mission Name: Pioneer 6A single, boom-mounted uniaxial fluxgate magnetometer, with a dynamic range of plus or minus 64 nT and plus or minus 0.25-nT resolution, obtained a complete vector magnetic field measurement by means of three measurements taken at equal time intervals during each spacecraft spin period (approximately 1 s). At telemetry bit rates less than or equal to 16 bps, averages were computed on board for transmission to earth. The instrument worked well from launch to July 6, 1970. No useful data were obtained after that date. For further details, see Ness et al., J. Geophys. Res., v. 71, p. 3305, 1966. NSSDC has all the useful data that exist from this investigation. The erratic coverage after September 1967 resulted in no useful data being reduced after that period.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Norman F. Ness | Principal Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |