2.2.2 spase://SMWG/Instrument/IMP6/MMF Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer Measurement of Magnetic Fields 2019-05-05T12:34:56Z This experiment was designed to measure accurately the vector magnetic field in the interplanetary medium and in the earth's magnetosphere, magnetotail, and magnetosheath. The detector was a boom-mounted triaxial fluxgate magnetometer with four ranges: minus to plus 16, 48, 144, and 432 nT, respectively. Corresponding sensitivities were plus or minus 0.06, 0.19, 0.56, and 1.69 nT, respectively. Automatic range selection capability was included. A flipping mechanism permitted inflight calibration of the three sensor zero levels. The vector sampling rate was 12.5 samples per second. The experiment functioned normally through the spacecraft life. For further details, see D. H. Fairfield, J. Geophys. Res., v. 79, p. 1368, 1974. Hourly averaged interplanetary data also exist as part of data sets in the NSSDC supplementary data file. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Norman F. Ness spase://SMWG/Person/Norman.F.Ness PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand MetadataContact IMP 6 Fluxgate Magnetometer https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1971-019A-01 Basic information about the magnetometer onboard IMP 6. en IMP 6 Fluxgate Magnetometer https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/JA079i010p01368 Additional details on the magnetometer onboard IMP 6. en spase://SMWG/Instrument/IMP6/MMF Magnetometer Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer on IMP 6 spase://SMWG/Observatory/IMP6