Iridium Communications Satellite Constellation Data for Study of Earth's Magnetic Field

Characterization of Earth's magnetic field is key to understanding dynamics of the core. We assess whether Iridium Communications magnetometer data can be used for this purpose since. The 66 Iridium satellites are in 86° inclination, 780 km altitude, circular orbits, with 11 satellites in each...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems : G3 geophysics, geosystems : G3, 2021-08, Vol.22 (8), p.n/a
Hauptverfasser:	Anderson, Brian J., Angappan, Regupathi, Barik, Ankit, Vines, Sarah K., Stanley, Sabine, Bernasconi, Pietro N., Korth, Haje, Barnes, Robin J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Auroral electrojet Chaos Coefficients Communication satellites Communications Communications satellites Data Earth Electrojets geodynamo Geomagnetic field geomagnetism Iridium Iridium Communications Inc Magnetic field Magnetic fields Magnetism Magnetometers Navigation Resource exploration Ring currents satellite constellation Satellites space magnetometry Time series
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Zusammenfassung:	Characterization of Earth's magnetic field is key to understanding dynamics of the core. We assess whether Iridium Communications magnetometer data can be used for this purpose since. The 66 Iridium satellites are in 86° inclination, 780 km altitude, circular orbits, with 11 satellites in each of six orbit planes. In one day the constellation returns 300,000 measurements spanning the globe with
ISSN:	1525-2027 1525-2027
DOI:	10.1029/2020GC009515