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5E-5 Rubidium-85 Vapor Magnetometer.

AD652807

Publication Date	1967
Personal Author	Radford, W. E.
Page Count	51
Abstract	Satellite 1964 83C was launched on December 13, 1964, into a nearly circular polar orbit, with inclination 89.993 degrees, period 106.3 minutes, perigee 1019 km, and apogee 1094 km. The satellite contains a Rubidium-85 vapor magnetometer, which successfully mapped, at middle and low latitudes, the geomagnetic field in the region traversed while the satellite was within telemetry range of a network of ground stations. These data are being analyzed in studies relating to the analytic description of the geomagnetic field and to the magnetic effects of quiet-time currents in the lower ionosphere and of magnetic storm-time currents in the Van Allen zones of trapped radiation. The present report discusses the elements relevant to the magnetometer assembly, pre-flight tests, in-flight calibrations, and some of the geomagnetic data obtained. (Author)
Keywords	Rubidium Magnetometers Vapors Satellites(Artificial) Mapping Telemetering data Networks Magnetic fields Ionosphere Van Allen radiation belt Storms Flight testing Design Booms Calibration Doppler systems Tracking Attitude control systems Measurement
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics 84C - Manned Spacecraft
Corporate Authors	Johns Hopkins Univ Silver Spring MD Applied Physics Lab
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Technical memo.
NTIS Issue Number	196715
Contract Number	NOW-62-0604

5E-5 Rubidium-85 Vapor Magnetometer.

5E-5 Rubidium-85 Vapor Magnetometer.
AD652807

Publication Date	1967
Personal Author	Radford, W. E.
Page Count	51
Abstract	Satellite 1964 83C was launched on December 13, 1964, into a nearly circular polar orbit, with inclination 89.993 degrees, period 106.3 minutes, perigee 1019 km, and apogee 1094 km. The satellite contains a Rubidium-85 vapor magnetometer, which successfully mapped, at middle and low latitudes, the geomagnetic field in the region traversed while the satellite was within telemetry range of a network of ground stations. These data are being analyzed in studies relating to the analytic description of the geomagnetic field and to the magnetic effects of quiet-time currents in the lower ionosphere and of magnetic storm-time currents in the Van Allen zones of trapped radiation. The present report discusses the elements relevant to the magnetometer assembly, pre-flight tests, in-flight calibrations, and some of the geomagnetic data obtained. (Author)
Keywords	Rubidium Magnetometers Vapors Satellites(Artificial) Mapping Telemetering data Networks Magnetic fields Ionosphere Van Allen radiation belt Storms Flight testing Design Booms Calibration Doppler systems Tracking Attitude control systems Measurement
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics 84C - Manned Spacecraft
Corporate Authors	Johns Hopkins Univ Silver Spring MD Applied Physics Lab
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Technical memo.
NTIS Issue Number	196715
Contract Number	NOW-62-0604