BackForwardInstrument:  MAG (DSCOVR) 

Instrument details
Acronym MAG (DSCOVR)
Full name Magnetometer
Purpose Observation of the vectorial magnetic field associated to the solar wind
Short description Description not available. Presumably, triaxial fluxgate magnetometers (boom mounted). 8 dynamic ranges: ± 4 nT; ± 16 nT; ± 64 nT; ± 256 nT; ± 1024 nT; ± 4096 nT; ± 16,384 nT; and ± 65,536 nT. Resolution ± 16 nT @ maximum of dynamics. Accuracy 0.006 nT
Background DSCOVR is the refurbishment of the Triana satellite stored on the ground in 2000 [named after Rodrigo de Triana, the first of Columbus's crew to sight land in the Americas
Scanning Technique Sun pointing from the L1 Lagrange libration point
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle Full solar disk, sampling at 0.09 s intervals
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period: 2015 to 2026
Last update: 2022-08-01
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 1
  • Solar wind in situ plasma and energetic particles, magnetic field, at L1
  • Solar wind at L1 - Magnetometer
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Interplanetary magnetic field
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Interplanetary magnetic field*3 - highNo specific limitation.Interplanetary, vectorial, wide dynamics, coarse resolution