The plasma instrumentation for the Galileo Mission

Details The plasma instrumentation for the Galileo Mission The plasma instrumentation for the Galileo Mission

May 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ssrv...60..283f&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews (ISSN 0038-6308), vol. 60, no. 1-4, May 1992, p. 283-304.

Computer Science

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Charged Particles, Galileo Project, Mass Spectrometers, Plasma Diagnostics, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Field Of View, Hydrogen Ions, Oxygen Ions, Velocity Distribution

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The Galileo Mission's plasma instrumentation package encompasses a nested set of four spherical-plate electrostatic analyzers and three miniature magnetic mass spectrometers which identify the composition of the positive ion plasmas; the spectrometers' energy range is species-dependent. Two instrument microprocessors allow in-flight implementation of operational modes by ground command that are tailored for such specific regimes as the magnetosheath and the plasma sheet of the environs of Jupiter. Observational objectives include field-aligned currents, 3D ion bulk flows, Galilean satellite pickup ions, and the spatial distributions of plasmas.

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