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Flight Spare 3-Axis Magnetometer for HEOS 1 Satellite, 1968
- Made:
- 1966-1968 in United States
![SMG00155009](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/469/795/medium_smg00155009.jpg)
Three-axis magnetometer, serial no. 1603, experiment S24A1 flight spare for HEOS-1 satellite, originally made by Schonstedt (USA) and adapted by P. C. Hedgecock (Imperial College)
Details
- Category:
- Space Technology
- Object Number:
- 1986-1413
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified), aluminium alloy, brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal) and electrical components
- Measurements:
-
overall: 100 mm x 145 mm x 90 mm, , .36kg
- type:
- magnetometer
- credit:
- Imperial College (Blackett Laboratory)