Earth, Planets and Space

Table 3 Specifications of the MSA magnetometers

From: In situ observations of ions and magnetic field around Phobos: the mass spectrum analyzer (MSA) for the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission

Parameters	Value	Notes
Dynamic range	± 8000 nT/± 60000 nT	Switched by command
Resolution	0.1 nT/0.8 nT	Switched by command
Sampling rate	1 Hz	Nominal observation
Sampling rate	128 Hz	Checkout mode
Noise level	< 15 pT/\(\sqrt {{\text{Hz}}}\)	At 1 Hz
Offset stability	< 0.027 nT/°C

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