Stennis (BSL) Geomagnetic Observatory
Station Id: BSL
Location: NASA Stennis Space Center, MS
Latitude: 30.35°N
Longitude: 89.63°W
Elevation: 8 meters
Orientation: HDZF
Sections
Background
The Geomagnetism Program established an observatory on the Stennis Space Center in 1986. The site of the space center is large, including some forest land, which helps insulate the observatory from outside interference. The Stennis observatory, formerly known as the Bay St. Louis observatory, is operated as partnership between the USGS and the Stennis Space Center, under terms of a memorandum of agreement established in 2002. A new observatory building was constructed in 2006 after the previous buildings were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The observatory came back into operations in January 2007.
Customers
- The Space Weather Prediction Center of NOAA in Boulder.
- The United States Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska.
- The International Service of Geophysical Indices.
- Private companies engaged in oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Academic, governmental, and private scientists engaged in pure and applied work.
Photos
Office building at Stennis Space Center magnetic observatory, Mississippi.
Combo variations, proton and absolutes building at Stennis Space Center magnetic observatory, Mississippi.
* Pictures courtesy of Jeff Fox
