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The Voyager Magnetometer Experiment (MAG) is one
of ten experiments carried onboard the two Voyager spacecraft. Voyager
MAG consists of two low field magnetometers and two high field magnetometers
that together provide measurement of fields from 0.02 nT to 2,000,000
nT (20 G). The Voyager magnetometers were built at NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center where the project resides. The magnetometers
provide direct field measurement of both the planetary and the interplanetary
plasma media. Having completed their exploration of our Solar System's
outer planets and interplanetary medium, the Voyager magnetometers
are now a key component of the Voyager Interstellar Mission, collecting
measurements of magnetic fields far from the Sun. Research efforts
continue as the two Voyagers fly on towards the heliopause and the
interstellar media that lays beyond.
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Voyager MilestonesSeptember 23, 2005Voyager 1 crossed the termination shock. + Read More January 5, 2005 Voyagers Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation. + Read More August 30, 2007 Voyager 2 crossed the termination shock. + Read More December 5, 2011 Voyager 1 hits new region at the solar system edge. + Read More |
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