BackForwardInstrument:  SEP-fields 

Instrument details
Acronym SEP-fields
Full name Space Environment Package - fields
Purpose Space weather - Monitoring magnetic field, charge and dose at platform level
Short description
  • Package of instruments including a Flux Gate Magnetometer (FGM), a RADiation Dosimeter (RADD) and a Charging Potential Detector (CPD). Dynamic range of FGM: ±0.01 to ±600 nT for each component, with resolution ±0.06 @ maximum of the dynamics
  • Calibration monitoring here
Background

Part of SEP (Space Environment Package), that also includes energetic particle sensors.
Scanning Technique

In-situ measurement in GEO
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle Sampling at 0.06 s intervals
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency CMA
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2017 to 2040
Last update: 2024-09-09
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

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
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Geomagnetic field
Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Geomagnetic field*3 - highNo specific limitation.Platform, vectorial, narrow dynamics, high resolution
Radiation Dose Rate3 - highNo specific limitation.Platform. Dose
Electrostatic charge3 - highNo specific limitation.Platform. Electrostatic charge