Electron temperature and density from Explorer 31

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Electron temperature and density from Explorer 31 (DME-A)

This home page provides access to data set which includes the archived data from the Cylindrical Electrostatic Probe (CEP) experiment on the Explorer 31 satellite. It was launched on 1965-11-29 into an elliptical orbit (500 km-3000km) with an inclination of 79.8 degrees.
ASCII data set also contains needed spacecraft position data, IGRF model parameters, and indices.

Time Resolution:1-5 Minutes

This data set and its description placed at SPDFFTP's anonymous FTP site nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov in directory https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/explorer/explorer31/plasma_cep/

Time span of the data set: 1965-10-29 to 1968-08-20

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 Geodetic Latitude of the Spacecraft, Degrees
 Geodetic Longitude of the Spacecraft, Degrees
 Geomagnetic Latitude of the Spacecraft, Degrees
 Geomagnetic Longitude of the Spacecraft, Degrees
 Altitude,km
 Dip Latitude, Degrees
 Magnetic inclination (dip), Degrees
 B, Magnetic field strength, 1/100 Gauss 
 L, Invariant Latitude, Degrees, +/-90
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 ZSUN, Solar Zenith Angle, Degrees, 0-180
 ap indices (daily) 
 kp indices (3 hour) 
 F10.7 (solar radio flux, daily)
 Sunspot number (daily)
 Orbit number
 Electron Temperature,K 
 Electron Density (cm-3)
 Satellite potential (mV)

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NASA Official: Robert Candey (Robert.M.Candey@nasa.gov), Head of the Space Physics Data Facility

If you have any questions/comments about the OMNWeb Plus, contact Dr. Natalia Papitashvili,Mail Code 672, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 NASA Official: Robert Candey (Robert.M.Candey@nasa.gov), Head of the Space Physics Data Facility

If you have any questions/comments about the OMNWeb Plus, contact Dr. Natalia Papitashvili,Mail Code 672, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

NASA Official: Robert Candey (Robert.M.Candey@nasa.gov), Head of the Space Physics Data Facility