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    • VEGA1 HALLEY FLYBY MAGNETOMETER DATA

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    On MARCH 6, 1986, AT 7:20:06 UT, the Vega spacecraft passed the nucleus of comet Halley at a distance of 8,890 km with a relative velocity of 78 km/s. The magnetic field experiments MISCHA carried four fluxgate sensors, with three sensors mounted on a boom at the end of the solar panels and the fourth sensor mounted one meter closer. During the cruise phase, the TRASSA-1 mode of the instrument (1 vector/2.5 min) was used. The sensors were switched to the TRASSA-2 mode (1 vector/min) during the flyby which started roughly two days before the encounter. From 3 h before closest approach (CA) until 1 hour after CA, the HS-mode (1 vector/6s) and the DT-mode (1 vector/100ms) was used [DELVAETAL1991].

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    Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher Small Bodies
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    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vega1-c-mischa-3-rdr-halley-v1.0;urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vega1-c-mischa-3-rdr-halley-v1.0::1.0
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Planetary Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Source Hash 955711fe8a8f3d558b99a650ad56562de5e28283a8fbffdffa40f72efe8d4bb1
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