BackForwardInstrument:  VLF Receiver 

Instrument details
Acronym VLF Receiver
Full name Very Low Frequency Receiver
Purpose An experiment for measuring the propagation of both artificial and natural VLF signals.
Short description A wide-band high-gain receiver with a passband from 0.4 to 10 kHz using only the longest (45.7 m) sounder antenna
Background A new development.
Scanning Technique N/A
Resolution
Coverage / Cycle
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Providing Agency CSA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1962 to 1975
Last update: 2023-10-16
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
  • Radio wave receiver [in LEO and cross magnetosphere]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Ionospheric Radio Absorption
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.