2.3.0 spase://NOAA/NumericalData/GOES/6/MFM/PT3S GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer (BFM), Spacecraft Coordinates, 3 s Data GOES 6 MFM data 2019-05-05T12:34:56Z The spinning twin fluxgate magnetometer, located at a few meters away from the spacecraft was designed to provide the orthogonal components of the magnetic field: Hp was parallel to the spin axis that was held nearly parallel to the rotation axis of the Earth, He was directed toward Earth center, and Hn pointed eastward. The magnetometer had a range of ±400 nT (without saturation) and a resolution of 0.1 nT over a range of ±50 nT. The sensitivity of the magnetometer was about 0.2 nT. The instrument and its electronics were carried on board GOES 4, GOES 5, GOES 6, and GOES 7, without significant changes. Data during the first 3 months of 1986 has poor quality Hp component. The experiment became inoperational in February, 1987. NASA, N0AA, Ronald D. Zwickl, Howard J. Singer spase://SMWG/Person/Howard.J.Singer PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Ronald.D.Zwickl TeamLeader spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand MetadataContact GOES 6 Magnetic Field Monitor https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1983-041A-05 Introduction to the GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer. GOES 6 Space Environment Monitor https://satdat.ngdc.noaa.gov/sem/goes/goes_docs/full/readme.txt Additional GOES Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer information. GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer Example ASCII file https://satdat.ngdc.noaa.gov/sem/goes/software/mag.txt Additional GOES Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer header information. spase://VMO/NumericalData/GOES/6/MAG/PT3S spase://VSPO/NumericalData/GOES/6/MFM/PT3S spase://SMWG/Repository/NOAA/SEC Online Open Direct access to GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetic Field Monitor (MFM) Magnetic Field Data https://satdat.ngdc.noaa.gov/sem/goes/data/full/ Direct link to the GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer data in CSV (text ascii) format as well as the magnetometer data from other GOES spacecraft. The data are sorted by year. The file names indicates the data type, spacecraft number, year, month, and resolution. For example, M0137607.FIT indicates magnetometer data (M) for spacecraft 1 (01) at 3 s time resolution (3) from July 1976 (7607). Note that spacecraft IDs 91 and 92 refer to SMS satellites, not GOES. Text.ASCII None NASA, N0AA, Ronald D. Zwickl, Howard J. Singer Calibrated NOAA GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer Level-2 spase://SMWG/Instrument/GOES/6/MAG MagneticField 1983-05-01T00:00:00 1994-11-30T00:00:00 Time format in data files is year-month-day hour:minute:seconds. The year and month are derived from the file name. PT3S Flags=32711 3 s geosynchronous GOES magnetic field magnetometer Seconds of the Month Time Time is given as year-month-day hour:minute:seconds (i.e., YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS). The year and month values are derived from the file name. Temporal Flag Word Flag Word The Flag Word contains packed information about the data such as the instrument command state, identification of bad data, correction of data, and archive version number. For more information go to https://satdat.ngdc.noaa.gov/sem/goes/software/mag.txt. Other Unknown Flag Unknown Flag Contains '\N'. PT3S Other GOES 6 Biaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer Magnetic Field Vector 3 s Time Resolution Data in Spacecraft Coordinates Magnetic Field Vectors Magnetic field vector for GOES 6 in spacecraft coordinates in units of 0.1 nT. The values must be divided by a factor of 10 to nT. HP is parallel to the satellite spin axis, which is itself: perpendicular to the orbital plane of the spacecraft. HE lies parallel: to the satellite-earth center line and points earthward. HN is: perpendicular to both HP and HE, and points eastward for GOES 6. nT 0.1>nT Cartesian SC 3 HP is parallel to the satellite spin axis, which is itself: perpendicular to the orbital plane of the spacecraft. HE lies parallel: to the satellite-earth center line and points earthward. HN is: perpendicular to both HP and HE, and points eastward for GOES 6. HP Component.I 1 MAGNETIC "NORTHWARD" COMPONENT nT 0.1>nT 32711 HE Component.J 2 MAGNETIC "EARTHWARD" COMPONENT nT 0.1>nT 32711 HN Component.K 3 MAGNETIC "EASTWARD" COMPONENT nT 0.1>nT 32711 Vector Magnetic