VEGA1 CRUISE MAGNETOMETER DATA

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On Dec 15, 1984, the Vega spacecraft was launched to first flyby Venus at which time landers were released and then continue to a flyby of Halley. The magnetic field experiments MISCHA carried four fluxgate sensors, with three sensors mounted on a boom at the end of the solar panels and the fourth sensor mounted one meter closer. During the cruise phase, the TRASSA-1 mode of the instrument (1 vector/2.5 min) was used. The sensors were switched to the TRASSA-2 mode (1 vector/min) during the flyby which started roughly two days before the encounter. From 3 h before closest approach (CA) until 1 hour after CA, the HS-mode 1 vector/6s) and the DT-mode (1 vector/100ms) was used [DELVAETAL1991].

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vega1-sw-mischa-3-rdr-cruise-v1.0_68yg-pkru
issued	2018-06-26
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=VEGA1-SW-MISCHA-3-RDR-CRUISE-V1.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]