ASPI experiment: measurements of fields and waves on board the INTERBALL-1 spacecraft

Authors :: Klimov, S.
Romanov, S.
Amata, E.
Blecki, J.
Büchner, J.
Juchniewicz, J.
Rustenbach, J.
Triska, P.
Woolliscroft, L. J. C.
Savin, S.
Afanas’yev, Yu.
de Angelis, U.
Auster, U.
Bellucci, G.
Best, A.
Farnik, F.
Formisano, V.
Gough, P.
Grard, R.
Grushin, V.
Haerendel, G.
Ivchenko, V.
Korepanov, V.
Lehmann, H.
Nikutowski, B.
Nozdrachev, M.
Orsini, S.
Parrot, M.
Petrukovich, A.
Rauch, J. L.
Sauer, K.
Skalsky, A.
Slominski, J.
Trotignon, J. G.
Vojta, J.
Wronowski, R.
Source :: Annales Geophysicae; May 1997, Vol. 15 Issue: 5 p514-527, 14p
Publication Year :: 1997
Abstract: The plasma-wave experiment ASPI (analysis of spectra of plasma waves and instabilities) on board the INTERBALL spacecraft is a combined wave diagnostics experiment. It performs measurements of the DC and AC magnetic field vector by flux-gate and searchcoil sensors, the DC and AC electric field vector by Langmuir double probes and the plasma current by Langmuir split probe. Preliminary data analysis shows the low noise levels of the sensors and the compatibility of new data with the results of previous missions. During several months of in-orbit operation a rich collection of data was acquired, examples of which at the magnetopause and plasma sheet are presented in second part of the paper.

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