BackForwardInstrument:  MAG (SMILE) 

Instrument details
Acronym MAG (SMILE)
Full name Smile's magnetometer
Purpose To measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields around the SMILE spacecraft to help us understand how the solar wind affects Earth’s magnetosphere.
Short description
  • Two magnetometers deployed 3m in length
Background
  • New development
Scanning Technique
Resolution
Coverage / Cycle
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency CAS
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2026 to 2029
Last update: 2025-11-24
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 2
  • Magnetospheric energetic particles and magnetometers
  • Geomagnetic field sensor [in LEO and cross magnetosphere]
Mission objectives
No mission objectives have been defined.
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.