Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-7-265-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-7-265-2018
Research article
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15 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 15 Oct 2018

A hybrid fluxgate and search coil magnetometer concept using a racetrack core

David M. Miles, B. Barry Narod, David K. Milling, Ian R. Mann, David Barona, and George B. Hospodarsky

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We present a proof-of-concept space-flight instrument that can simultaneously make measurements of both the low- and high-frequency local magnetic field. Previously, this would have required two separate instruments that would normally have had to be mounted separately on long deployable booms to keep them from interfering. This new hybrid instrument is expected to be particularly useful on extremely small spacecraft, such as CubeSats, which can only accommodate a few instruments.