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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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  • 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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    "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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