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SCATHA Engineering and Wave Experiment (SC1)

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/SCATHA/SC1

Description

The primary SC1 science experiment is the VLF wave experiment. The experiment employs two antennas, an air-core loop and the 100 m tip-to-tip dipole from the SC10 experiment. The electric field receiver has a sensitivity of 5x10^-7 V/(mHz^.5) at 1.3 kHz and 10^-7 V/(mHz^.5) at 10.5 kHz. The magnetic loop is electrostatically shielded, has an effective area of 575 m^2 at 1.3 kHz, and is mounted on a two-meter boom. The sensitivity of the magnetic receiver is 3 x 10^-6 gamma/Hz^.5 at 1.3 kHz and has a 60 dB dynamic range. There are eight narrow band filter (bandwidth +/- 7.5%) outputs at 0.4, 1.3, 2.3, 3.0, 10.5, 30.0, 100.0 and 300.0 kHz and a broadband mode (0 to 5 kHz). The broadband data is taken for one to two hours per day.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/SCATHA/SC1
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
SCATHA Engineering and Wave Experiment (SC1)
AlternateName
SC1
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description

The primary SC1 science experiment is the VLF wave experiment. The experiment employs two antennas, an air-core loop and the 100 m tip-to-tip dipole from the SC10 experiment. The electric field receiver has a sensitivity of 5x10^-7 V/(mHz^.5) at 1.3 kHz and 10^-7 V/(mHz^.5) at 10.5 kHz. The magnetic loop is electrostatically shielded, has an effective area of 575 m^2 at 1.3 kHz, and is mounted on a two-meter boom. The sensitivity of the magnetic receiver is 3 x 10^-6 gamma/Hz^.5 at 1.3 kHz and has a 60 dB dynamic range. There are eight narrow band filter (bandwidth +/- 7.5%) outputs at 0.4, 1.3, 2.3, 3.0, 10.5, 30.0, 100.0 and 300.0 kHz and a broadband mode (0 to 5 kHz). The broadband data is taken for one to two hours per day.

Contacts
RolePerson
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Harry.C.Koons
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Jonathan.Thomas.Niehof
InformationURL
Name
SCATHA server at BU
URL
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/SP020p0065
Description

Spacecraft/instrument description and data.

InformationURL
Name
Charging Electrical Effects Analyzer at NSSDC
URL
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1979-007A-02
Description

Charging Electrical Effects Analyzer (part of SC1) on SCATHA.

InformationURL
Name
Spacecraft Surface Potential Monitor at NSSDC
URL
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1979-007A-01
Description

Spacecraft Surface Potential Monitor (part of SC1) on SCATHA.

InstrumentType
Antenna
InstrumentType
LongWire
InvestigationName
Spacecraft Charging At High Altitudes (SCATHA)
ObservatoryID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/SCATHA