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  2. Spacecraft magnetometer - Wikipedia

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    Magnetometers for non-space use evolved from the 19th to mid-20th centuries, and were first employed in spaceflight by Sputnik 3 in 1958. A main constraint on magnetometers in space is the availability of power and mass. Magnetometers fall into 3 major categories: the fluxgate type, search coil and the ionized vapor magnetometers.

  3. Magnetometer - Wikipedia

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    Helium vector magnetometer (HVM) of the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft. A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment.Different types of magnetometers measure the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location.

  4. Magnetometer (Juno) - Wikipedia

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    Avoiding signals from the spacecraft is another reason MAG is placed at the end of the solar panel boom, about 10 m (33 feet) and 12 m (39 feet) away from the central body of the Juno spacecraft. [1] [2] The MAG instrument is designed to detect the magnetic field of Jupiter, which is one of the largest structures in the Solar System. [3]

  5. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    UK Space Agency and Surrey Satellite Technology: 2018 PlanetScope-2 [43] Active Planet: 2016 SkySat-1 to 3: Active Planet: 2013 SkySat-4 to 7: Active Planet: 2016 SkySat-8 to 13: Active Planet: 2017 SPOT 6 and 7 Active EADS Astrium Azercosmos, and CNES 2012 SuperView-1 [44] Active Beijing Space View Technology 2018 TripleSat (UK-DMC 3) [45] [46 ...

  6. Explorer 10 - Wikipedia

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    Explorer 10 was a cylindrical, battery-powered spacecraft instrumented with two fluxgate magnetometers and one rubidium vapor magnetometer extending from the main spacecraft body, and a Faraday cup plasma probe. The magnetometers were produced by Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provided the ...

  7. Explorer 12 - Wikipedia

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    Explorer 12 was designed to study space physics, and so had a multitude of instruments including a cosmic-ray detector, a particle trapper, and a magnetometer.Its instrumentation included 10 particle detection systems for the measurement of protons and electrons and their relation to magnetic fields, a solar cell damage experiment, optical aspect sensor and one transmitter.

  8. Spacecraft beams back riveting photos after buzzing Mercury’s ...

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    A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos ever of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above ...

  9. Explorer 61 - Wikipedia

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    The base module complete with its subsystems was composed of residual Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-C) hardware. The magnetometers were deployed after launch to a position 6 m (20 ft) behind the spacecraft. At this distance, the influence of magnetic materials from the instrument and base module (chiefly from the star cameras) was less than 1 ...