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@article{Horbury:2015:10.5194/angeo-33-725-2015,
author = {Horbury, TS and Archer, MO and Brown, P and Eastwood, JP and Oddy, TM and Whiteside, BJ and Sample, JG},
doi = {10.5194/angeo-33-725-2015},
journal = {Annales Geophysicae},
pages = {725--735},
title = {The MAGIC of CINEMA: First in-flight science results from a miniaturised anisotropic magnetoresistive magnetometer},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-725-2015},
volume = {33},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We present the first in-flight results from a novel miniaturised anisotropic magnetoresistive space magnetometer, MAGIC (MAGnetometer from Imperial College), aboard the first CINEMA (CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons and MAgnetic fields) spacecraft in low Earth orbit. An attitude-independent calibration technique is detailed using the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF), which is temperature dependent in the case of the outboard sensor. We show that the sensors accurately measure the expected absolute field to within 2% in attitude mode and 1% in science mode. Using a simple method we are able to estimate the spacecraft's attitude using the magnetometer only, thus characterising CINEMA's spin, precession and nutation. Finally, we show that the outboard sensor is capable of detecting transient physical signals with amplitudes of ~ 20–60 nT. These include field-aligned currents at the auroral oval, qualitatively similar to previous observations, which agree in location with measurements from the DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) and POES (Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites) spacecraft. Thus, we demonstrate and discuss the potential science capabilities of the MAGIC instrument onboard a CubeSat platform.
AU - Horbury,TS
AU - Archer,MO
AU - Brown,P
AU - Eastwood,JP
AU - Oddy,TM
AU - Whiteside,BJ
AU - Sample,JG
DO - 10.5194/angeo-33-725-2015
EP - 735
PY - 2015///
SN - 1432-0576
SP - 725
TI - The MAGIC of CINEMA: First in-flight science results from a miniaturised anisotropic magnetoresistive magnetometer
T2 - Annales Geophysicae
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-725-2015
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/23769
VL - 33
ER -