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    Explorer 61 (redirect from Magsat satellite)
    Magsat (Magnetic field Satellite, Applications Explorer Mission-C or AEM-C or Explorer 61) was a NASA / USGS (United States Geological Survey) spacecraft...
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    detailed magnetic observations of the Earth have been performed by the Magsat and Ørsted satellites. Magnetometers were taken to the Moon during the later...
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    then, showing a relative decay of about 10% over the last 150 years. The Magsat satellite and later satellites have used 3-axis vector magnetometers to...
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    Frese; Hyung Rae Kim (2003). "Results of a comparison between Ørsted and Magsat anomaly fields over the region of Kursk magnetic anomaly (abstract)". Proceedings...
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  • 1973 NOAA/USC&GS geomagnetism program transferred to the USGS 1979–1980 Magsat satellite survey from orbit 1994 U.S. National Space Weather Program (NSWP)...
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    first spacecraft to carry a magnetometer.: 155  In the autumn of 1979, Magsat was launched and jointly operated by NASA and USGS until the spring of 1980...
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    Ocean Dynamics Applications Program Geodesy 1972–1978 NASA 6 LAGEOS Seasat Magsat GEOS-3 NAVSTAR GPS Navigation 1973–present US Air Force (1973–2019) US Space...
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    2, 4, 5 and 6) including first satellite for radioastronomy - Ariel 2. Magsat, the first globally complete 3D map of Earth's magnetic fields. Transit...
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    Earth's magnetic field, which was then updated after the launch of the Magsat satellite with an accuracy of 15 nT[need quotation to verify] at an altitude...
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    "Space current around the earth obtained with Ampère's law applied to the MAGSAT orbit and data". Earth Planets Space. 50 (1): 43–56. Bibcode:1998EP&S.....
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  • piecewise-linear function of time with a 5-year step size. Geomagnetic latitude Magsat Ørsted (satellite) CHAMP (satellite) Thébault, Erwan; Finlay, Christopher...
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    Retrieved 20 April 2018. "SAGE". NASA - NSSDCA. Retrieved 20 April 2018. "Magsat". NASA - NSSDCA. Retrieved 20 April 2018. "Dynamics Explorer 1". NASA -...
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  • Programme GOCE SMOS CryoSat and CryoSat-2 ADM-Aeolus EarthCARE BIOMASS FLEX Magsat Ørsted (satellite) Cluster (mission) CHAMP (satellite) ESA. "SWARM". eoPortal...
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    Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer (RIMS) Spin Scan Auroral Imager (SAI) Explorers Program Dynamics Explorer ← Explorer 61 (Magsat) Explorer 63 (DE-2) →...
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    Inclination 54.90° Period 96.80 minutes Instruments Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) Explorer program ← International Cometary Explorer Magsat →...
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    impact of satellite data on geomagnetic problems, including the impacts of Magsat (upon which she gave the Bullerwell Lecture in 1993). Whaler was the principal...
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    Danish Meteorological Institute. Spaceflight portal Swarm (ESA mission) Magsat "Oersted: Display 1999-008B". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 17 April 2020....
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    similar to previous instruments flown on spacecraft like the Voyagers, Magsat, Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers, Mars Global Surveyor,...
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    close call was not publicly released until five weeks later on December 7. Magsat, the Magnetic Field Satellite, was launched by the United States from Vandenberg...
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  • October 1979 14:16 Scout G-1 S203C Vandenberg SLC-5 Successful Explorer 61 (Magsat) Low Earth NASA Magnetosphere Research 15 May 1981 06:07 Scout G-1 S192C...
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  • Near-Earth Swarm Interplanetary Cassini–Huygens FIELDS Magsat Mariner 2 4 5 10 MESSENGER Pioneer 11 Venus Express...
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    Near-Earth Swarm Interplanetary Cassini–Huygens FIELDS Magsat Mariner 2 4 5 10 MESSENGER Pioneer 11 Venus Express...
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    Military payload (2500 kg) 30 October 14:16 Scout G-1 S203C Vandenberg SLC-5 Magsat Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) 11 June 1980 Successful Civilian payload...
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    least partly of continental origin. Over several decades analyses of geoid, MAGSAT, gravitational, and magnetic anomalies data collected across the plateau...
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