Vega 1 Magnetic Field Data (2.5 min)

During the cruise phase from Earth to Venus (12/84-06/85) both Vega-1 and Vega-2 spacecraft had one-axis orientation, i.e. the spacecraft X axis was maintained sunward-pointing, while the spacecraft Y and Z axes rotated about the X axis. The spin phase of this rotation was not known, therefore the directions of By and Bz components are unknown.

Magnetometer data for this period are presented in spacecraft coordinates as Br (directed radially from spacecraft to the Sun), Bysc, Bzsc. From the providers: "It is proposed to use for analysis of the interplanetary magnetic field during this period the Br component and the total B=sqrt(Bxsc^2+Bysc^2+Bzsc^2). Bysc and Bzsc components are included in the data, but keep in mind that the orientation of these axes is unknown.