Nanosatellite High-Precision Magnetic Missions Enabled by Advances in a Stand-Alone Scalar/Vector Absolute Magnetometer
Autor: | Jean-Michel Leger, Thomas Jager, Benoit Faure, Pierre Vigneron, A. Boness, Pierre Deram, Pierdavide Coïsson, Linda Tomasini, Gauthier Hulot, François Bertrand |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Physics
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Magnetometer Bandwidth (signal processing) 01 natural sciences law.invention Computational physics Magnetic field law 0103 physical sciences 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Burst mode (computing) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Constellation |
Zdroj: | IGARSS |
Popis: | A new generation of Absolute Scalar Magnetometers (ASM) is currently flown on the LEO satellites of the ESA Swarm mission. These instruments routinely and simultaneously provide 1 Hz absolute scalar values $1\mathrm{pT}/\mathrm{Hz}^{1/2}$ resolution, [DC-0.4 Hz] bandwidth) and self-calibrated vector components of the magnetic field ( $2\mathrm{nT}/ \mathrm{Hz}^{1/2}$ resolution), but can also be run in a scalar burst mode, providing 250 Hz absolute scalar values ([DC-100 Hz] bandwidth). Efforts towards miniaturizing and improving this instrument are now under way with CNES support in the context of a preliminary study for a 12U nanosatellite mission (NanoMagSat) that could complement the Swarm constellation. This advanced ASM could operate in an even more useful mode, simultaneously providing high sampling (400 Hz) absolute scalar data and self-calibrated 1 Hz vector data. Here, we illustrate the science such an instrument could enable and report on the status of the NanoMagSat project that could take advantage of it. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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