Pioneer Venus Orbiter Fluxgate Magnetometer
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. GE-18 (1), 32-35
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.1980.350256
Abstract
The fluxgate magnetometer on the Pioneer Venus orbiter spacecraft is described. Special features include gradiometer operation, on board despinning, a floating point processor and variable Nyquist filters. Initial operations have been entirely successful.Keywords
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