BackForwardInstrument:  GGAK-E/FM-E 

Instrument details
Acronym GGAK-E/FM-E
Full name GGAK-E / Magnetometer instrument
Purpose To measure the magnetic induction vector at the satellite position
Short description Digital ferro-sonde magnetometer to measure the three components of the magnetic induction vector in the range ±0.01 to ±600 nT for each component, with resolution ±0.06 @ maximum of the dynamics
Background Part of the GGAK-E (Heliogeophysical Instrument Complex on Electro-L) package, also confirmed for Electro-M (GGAK-E/M) and adapted to Arctica (GGAK-E/A)
Scanning Technique In-situ measurement in GEO
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle Sampling at 0.06 s intervals
Mass 3 kg Power 3 W Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2021 to 2045
Last update: 2022-11-25
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 GEO
  • Subcomponent 2
  • Magnetospheric energetic particles and magnetometers
  • Geomagnetic field sensor [in LEO and cross magnetosphere]
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, narrow dynamics, high resolution