The objectives of this investigation are to determine the strength and geometry of the interplanetary magnetic field in the inner heliosphere (particularly at high solar latitudes) and to investigate the heliographic latitude dependence of the field fluctuation spectra with special emphasis on the frequency range below 0.01 Hz. Secondary objectives are to study the internal dynamics of the solar wind, the role of discontinuities and waves in the interplanetary field on propagation and acceleration of energetic particles, the interplanetary propagation and development of discontinuities and waves, and the structure and dynamics of the dusk region of the Jovian magnetosphere. The instrument consists of a triaxial fluxgate magnetometer, a vector helium magnetometer, and associated electronics.

Balogh, A., T.J. Beek, R.J. Forsyth, P.C. Hedgecock, R.J. Marquedant, E.J.
                   Smith, D.J. Southwood, and B.T. Tsurutani, The magnetic field investigation on
                   the Ulysses mission: Instrumentation and preliminary scientific results,
                   Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 92, 221-236, 1992.

Instrument Overview
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    (excerpted from: [BALOGHETAL1992A])
 
    Abstract.  -- A fundamental feature of the heliosphere is the
    three dimensional structure of the interplanetary magnetic
    field.  The magnetic field investigation on Ulysses, the first
    space probe to explore the out-of-ecliptic and polar
    heliosphere, aims at determining the large scale features and
    gradients of the field, as well as the heliolatitude dependence
    of interplanetary phenomena so far only observed near the
    ecliptic plane.  The Ulysses magnetometer uses two sensors, one
    a Vector Helium Magnetometer, the other a Fluxgate
    Magnetometer.  Onboard data processing yields measurements of
    the magnetic field vector with a time resolution up to 2
    vectors/second and a sensitivity of about 10 pT.  Since the
    switch-on of the instrument in flight on 25 October 1990, a
    steady stream of observations have been made, indicating that
    at this phase of the solar cycle the field is generally
    disturbed: several shock waves and a large number of
    discontinuities have been observed, as well as several periods
    with apparently intense wave activity.  The paper gives a brief
    summary of the scientific objectives of the investigation,
    followed by a detailed description of the instrument and its
    characteristics.  Examples of wave bursts, interplanetary
    shocks and crossings of the heliospheric current sheet are
    given to illustrate the observations made with the instrument.

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VECTOR HELIUM/FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS for ULY

COSPIN-ANISOTROPY TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-HIGH ENERGY TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-HIGH FLUX TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-KIEL ELECTRON TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-LOW ENERGY TELESCOPE for ULY

ENERGETIC PARTICLE COMPOSITION INSTRUMENT for ULY

GAS INSTRUMENT for ULY

SOLAR X-RAY/COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURST INSTRUMENT for ULY

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EXPERIMENT for ULY

HELIOSPHERIC INST-SPECTRA,COMPOSITION,ANISOTROPY AT LOW ENER for ULY

SOLAR CORONA EXPERIMENT for ULY

SOLAR WIND ION COMPOSITION SPECTROMETER for ULY

SOLAR WIND OBSERVATIONS OVER THE POLES OF THE SUN for ULY

ULYSSES DUST DETECTION SYSTEM for ULY

UNIFIED RADIO AND PLASMA WAVE EXPERIMENT for ULY

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR POLAR MISSION

ULYSSES

NAIF ID 599

Jupiter

Ulysses Vector Helium/Fluxgate Magnetometers

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