The China Seismo-Electromagnetic satellite will be launched into near-Earth space in the early hours of 2nd February 2018. The Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and TU Graz are contributing a scalar magnetometer.
Roland Lammegger from TU Graz and Andreas Pollinger as well as Werner Magnes from the IWF (from left to right) represent the Graz CDSM team in China. © IMF/ÖAW - Valavanoglou
CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a Chinese satellite designed to investigate electromagnetic phenomena connected with seismic activity on Earth. The satellite will be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert and placed in a sun-synchronous circular polar orbit at an altitude of about 500 km.
The instrument for measuring magnetic fields in a bandwidth between DC and approx. 60 Hz consists of three sensors and was built in a cooperation project between the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF) and the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz. Although the NSSC is responsible for the two fluxgate magnetometers, the IWF together with TU Graz have developed a completely novel scalar magnetometer (CDSM). “Using this new technology, we can improve the accuracy of magnetic field measurements by a factor of ten,” explains Werner Magnes, head of the Magnetometer Group and Deputy Director of the IWF.
Contact
Dr.
IWF/ÖAW | Deputy Director
Mobile: +43 699 103090604
Email: werner.magnes@oeaw.ac.at
Roland LAMMEGGER
Dr.
TU Graz | Institute of Experimental Physics
Mobile: +43 664 73810762
Email: roland.lammegger@tugraz.at
