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Wind Magnetic Field Investigation (MFI)

Magnetic Field Investigation (MFI) instrument, onboard the WIND spacecraft, was based on the magnetometers previously developed for the Voyager, ISPM, GIOTTO, and Mars Observer missions which represent state-of-the-art instruments with unparalleled performance.

Launch Date

November 1994

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Magnetic Field Investigation (MFI) instrument, onboard the WIND spacecraft, was based on the magnetometers previously developed for the Voyager, ISPM, GIOTTO, and Mars Observer missions which represent state-of-the-art instruments with unparalleled performance.

Related Publications

2025. "Solar Cycle Variation of Sustained Gamma-ray Emission Events from the Sun and Related Energetic Events.", Book of Proceedings Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Atmosphere, 17 24-33 [10.31401/ws.2025.proc.04] [Proceedings]

2025. "First Detection of Low-frequency Striae in Interplanetary Type III Radio Bursts.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 985 (2): L27 [10.3847/2041-8213/add688] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Unraveling the Internal Magnetic Field Structure of the Earth-directed Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections During 1995 – 2015.", Solar Physics, 294 (7): 89 [10.1007/s11207-019-1477-8] [Journal Article/Letter]