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Instrument details
Acronym
IMAP-5
Full name
Three-axis Magnetometer
Purpose
Measurement of the Earth's magnetic field
Short description
3-axes magnetometer for the platform environment. Dynamic range: ±4 to ±55000 nT, resolution ±1 nT @ maximum of dynamics
Background
Consilidated technology
Scanning Technique
In-situ measurement in a high-inclination drifting LEO
Resolution
N/A
Coverage / Cycle
Sampling at 0.1 s intervals
Mass
Power
Data Rate
Providing Agency
Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity
Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:
2001 to 2005-12-06
Last update:
2016-03-21
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
No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Tentative Evaluation of Measurements
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Variable Relevance for measuring this variable Operational limitations Explanation
Geomagnetic field 3 - high No specific limitation. Platform, vectorial, wide dynamics, high resolution
Instrument: IMAP-5