wiki:MSP462

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This segment covers the period from 19 March - 11 June 2022 and has 140% data volume as a baseline.

For the eclipse season the payload will be off, the dates are:

  • C1: 26/02/2022 06:00 - 29/03/2022 10:00
  • C2: 24/02/2022 00:00 - 31/03/2022 10:00
  • C34: 26/02/2022 06:00 - 22/03/2022 16:00

There are moon eclipses during this period, on C4 on 29/05/2022 04:54 - 05:22 and on C2 on 30/05/2022 16:55 - 17:19. The schedule for the moon eclipse is TBD.

There will be manoeuvres on 28/03/2022 on C3, 06/04/2022 on C3, and on 15/04/2022 on C3, the full list of manoeuvres for this period is included here ​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_mar2021_apr2022.pdf.

Cluster crosses the predicted bow shock until: C34 - 11/05/2022, C1 - 18/05/2021, C2 - 22/05/2021.

The main science targets are the high speed plasma jets, magnetopause, bow shock, magnetosheath, and conjunctions between Cluster with MMS and/or THEMIS. The BM1 data for the PEACE/WHISPER cross-calibration in the magnetosheath also will be collected.

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