This segment covers the period from 06 September 2019 until 08 December 2019 (after the eclipse season) and has 130% data volume. For the eclipse season, the payload will be off on SC3 and SC4 during the period 31/08/2019 03:48:00 - 10/09/2019 18:00:00, and on SC1 and SC2 during the period 01/09/2019 05:14:00 - 10/09/2019 18:00:00.

This segment includes a moon eclipse on C2 on 28/09/2019, time of the eclipse 19:07-19:27, this eclipse is 'Power-Limited', with the CIS, PEACE, WEC and FGM instruments being off during the period 28/09/2019 17:00 - 28/09/2019 22:00. In addition, there will be no BM1 and BM2 modes allocated during the same interval, and no WBD operations during the interval 28/09/2019 15:00 - 29/09/2019 06:00.

This segment also includes a moon eclipse on C1 on 27/11/2019, time of the eclipse 22:03-22:53, this eclipse is 'Power Limited', with the CIS, PEACE, WEC and FGM instruments being off during the period 27/11/2019 20:00 - 28/11/2019 01:00. In addition, there will be no BM1 and BM2 modes allocated during the same interval, and no WBD operations during the interval 27/11/2019 18:00 - 28/11/2019 18:00.

There are manoeuvres on C1, C2, and C3 on 15/09/2019, on C1, C2, C3, C4 on 17/09/2019, and on C1, C2, C3, C4 on 26/09/2019, for more information ​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_mar2019-dec2019.pdf.

The primary BM1 science target at the start is the neutral sheet crossings centred on C3/C4 with C1 and C2 being in the opposite lobes, followed by the magnetopause crossings from mid-November.