EGU26-7134, updated on 14 Mar 2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7134
EGU General Assembly 2026
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Poster | Tuesday, 05 May, 08:30–10:15 (CEST), Display time Tuesday, 05 May, 08:30–12:30
 
Hall X4, X4.128
Improved Design of Fluxgate Magnetometer Electronics for Geospace Observation
Gerlinde Timmermann1, David Fischer2, Christoph Poetzsch3, Olaf Hillenmaier3, Evgeny Panov2, Ingo Richter1, Hans-Ulrich Auster1, and Ferdinand Plaschke1
Gerlinde Timmermann et al.
  • 1Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany (gerlinde.timmermann@tu-braunschweig.de)
  • 2Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
  • 3Magson GmbH, Berlin, Germany

In the last decades, magnetometers have been an important part of scientific space explorations, giving insights in the behavior of space plasmas and how they change throughout the solar system. We plan to contribute a fluxgate magnetometer for the Plasma Observatory Mission, which is an M7 candidate of ESA for making multi-point measurements in Earth's magnetosphere. This magnetometer builds on a heritage design that was already used on missions like Rosetta, BepiColombo, and JUICE. The next design iteration of the electronics introduces improvements in the feedback loop, making feedback faster and better adjusted to the currently measured values. This poster shows how the new design works and first measurements of the new electronics.

How to cite: Timmermann, G., Fischer, D., Poetzsch, C., Hillenmaier, O., Panov, E., Richter, I., Auster, H.-U., and Plaschke, F.: Improved Design of Fluxgate Magnetometer Electronics for Geospace Observation, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-7134, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7134, 2026.