Tag: Magnetometer
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High-Fidelity Fluxgate Cores Power Space Missions Worldwide
A NASA-Sponsored Effort Revives a Critical Space Instrument Under a NASA-sponsored program, a University of Iowa (UI) team is restoring and advancing the nation’s ability to measure magnetic fields with high fidelity. These measurements are essential for understanding space weather and its potential to disrupt Earth-based communications, power grids, and spacecraft operations. At the heart…
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High-Fidelity Fluxgate Cores Boost Space Missions
High-Fidelity Fluxgate Cores: Restoring a Critical Edge for Space Weather A NASA-sponsored team at the University of Iowa is reviving and advancing the nation’s capability to perform high-fidelity magnetic field measurements essential for studying space weather. By reimagining fluxgate magnetometers—devices that quantify magnetic fields in space—the researchers are replacing a legacy ferromagnetic core once developed…