PEACE: A Plasma Electron And Current Experiment
Abstract
An electron analyzer to measure the three-dimensional velocity distribution of electrons on the multispacecraft Cluster mission is described, with emphasis on the steps taken to meet the special requirements imposed by the novel character of the mission. The technical description includes electron optics, readout systems, onboard data processing equipment, calibration, and flight operations.
- Publication:
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The Cluster Mission: Scientific and Technical Aspects of the Instruments
- Pub Date:
- October 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988cmst.rept...77J
- Keywords:
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- Electrical Measurement;
- Ionospheric Electron Density;
- Plasmasphere;
- Space Missions;
- Airborne/Spaceborne Computers;
- Calibrating;
- European Space Programs;
- Magnetic Flux;
- Magnetic Measurement;
- Plasma Physics