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Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Oersted/OESM

Description

The Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer is one of four instruments onboard the Oersted spacecraft. The purpose of the scalar magnetometer is to provide an in-flight, absolute calibration of the vector magnetometer, independent on environmental conditions. The measuring range of the instrument is from 16000 nT to 54000 nT with an accuracy of better than 1 nT. Rate of measurements will be 1 sample per second. Power consumption is limited to 3 W in CW mode and less than 0.5 W in stand-by mode. Weight of the instrument including electronic box is less than 2.5 kg. The scalar magnetometer is provided by Centre National d`Etudes Spatiale (CNES) in Toulouse, and developed by Laboratory for Electronics, Technology and Instrumentation (LETI) in Grenoble.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Oersted/OESM
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description

The Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer is one of four instruments onboard the Oersted spacecraft. The purpose of the scalar magnetometer is to provide an in-flight, absolute calibration of the vector magnetometer, independent on environmental conditions. The measuring range of the instrument is from 16000 nT to 54000 nT with an accuracy of better than 1 nT. Rate of measurements will be 1 sample per second. Power consumption is limited to 3 W in CW mode and less than 0.5 W in stand-by mode. Weight of the instrument including electronic box is less than 2.5 kg. The scalar magnetometer is provided by Centre National d`Etudes Spatiale (CNES) in Toulouse, and developed by Laboratory for Electronics, Technology and Instrumentation (LETI) in Grenoble.

Acknowledgement
Dr. Jose J Achache; Dr. Ib Laursen; The European Space Agency; Danish Meteorological Institute (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Commerce (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Transportation (Denmark); Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States); Danish Ministry of Science (Denmark); Danish Space Research Institute (Denmark)
Contacts
RolePerson
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Jose.J.Achache
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Ib.Laursen
InformationURL
Name
NSSDC's Master Catalog
URL
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1999-008B-02
Description

Information about the Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer.

Language
en
InformationURL
Name
Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer
URL
http://www.geophysik.uni-bremen.de/statisch/downloads/254/Overhauser-Magnetometers.pdf
Description

Information about the Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer including some theory.

Language
en
PriorIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Oersted/OESM
InstrumentType
Magnetometer
InvestigationName
Overhauser Effect Scalar Magnetometer on the Oersted spacecraft
OperatingSpan
StartDate
1999-03-15 00:00:00Z
StopDate
2009-03-25 23:59:59Z
Note
It is not clear if this mission is still active.
ObservatoryID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Oersted