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Ann. Geophys., 15, 514-527, 1997
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ASPI experiment: measurements of fields and waves on board the INTERBALL-1 spacecraft

S. Klimov¹, S. Romanov¹, E. Amata², J. Blecki³, J. Büchner⁴, J. Juchniewicz³, J. Rustenbach⁴, P. Triska⁵, L. J. C. Woolliscroft⁶, S. Savin¹, Yu. Afanas'yev⁷, U. de Angelis¹³, U. Auster⁴, G. Bellucci², A. Best¹⁵, F. Farnik⁵, V. Formisano², P. Gough⁸, R. Grard⁹, V. Grushin¹, G. Haerendel^4,14, V. Ivchenko¹⁶, V. Korepanov¹⁰, H. Lehmann¹¹, B. Nikutowski⁴, M. Nozdrachev¹, S. Orsini², M. Parrot¹², A. Petrukovich¹, J. L. Rauch¹², K. Sauer⁴, A. Skalsky¹, J. Slominski³, J. G. Trotignon¹², J. Vojta⁵, and R. Wronowski^3
1Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
²Interplanetary Space Physics Institute, CNR, Frascati, Italy
³Space Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
⁴Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Außenstelle Berlin, Germany
⁵Institute of atmospheric physics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic­
⁶Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK
⁷Institute of Metrology, St. Peterburg, Russia
⁸Sussex Space Centre, Falmer, UK
⁹Space Science Department, ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
¹⁰Special Design Division, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Lviv, Ukraine
¹¹Institute for Space Sensors, DLR, Berlin, Germany
¹²Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of the Environment, CNRS, Orleans, France
¹³University of Naples, Naples, Italy
¹⁴Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garshing, Germany
¹⁵Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Außenstelle Observatorium Niemegk, Germany
¹⁶Kiev University, Kiev, Ukraine

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 search-coil 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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Citation: 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., and Wronowski, R.: ASPI experiment: measurements of fields and waves on board the INTERBALL-1 spacecraft, Ann. Geophys., 15, 514-527, 1997.   Bibtex   EndNote   Reference Manager