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Instrument details
Acronym FVM
Full name Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer
Purpose Observation of the magnetic field along the orbit
Short description Triaxial fluxgate magnetometer with an angular resolution of 1 arcsec and an absolute measurement error of < 1 nT. Dynanic range ±4 to ±64,000 nT with resolution ±0.25 nT @ maximum of the dynamics
Background Part of a package of instruments for Space Weather and Earth's interior observation. Flown both on Ørsted and within the SAC-C MMC (Magnetic Mapping Payload) / Ørsted-2
Scanning Technique In-situ measurement in a high-inclination drifting LEO
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle Sampling at 50 ms intervals
Mass 2.1 kg Power 1.1 W Data Rate

 

Providing Agency DNSC
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1999 to 2014
Last update: 2022-07-25
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Field or radiowave sensor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • In-situ plasma probes, and energetic particle spectrometers and magnetometers at GEO and LEO, and magnetic field at GEO
  • Magnetometer at LEO
Mission objectives
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Geomagnetic field3 - highNo specific limitation.Platform, vectorial, wide dynamics, high resolution