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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 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.

  7. 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 ...

  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 ...