wiki:MSP481

This segment covers the period from 11 November 2022 to 18 March 2023 (before and including majority of the short eclipses season 2023).

Baseline telemetry: 115% for November - early December (PPs 1146-1149), 125% in December 2022 (PPs 1150-1152), 140% from January 2023 until the start of the short eclipses season (PPs 1153-1160).

The ESOC's dates for the payload to be off are:

  • C2 20/02/2023 18:00 - 15/04/2023 06:00
  • C1 25/02/2023 09:00 - 10/04/2023 18:00
  • C34 27/02/2023 15:00 - 28/03/2022 06:00

There are no moon eclipses during this period.

There will be manoeuvres on 14/11/2022 on C3, on 16/11/2022 on C34, and on C3 on 23/11/2022, 05/01/2023, 11/01/2023, 20/01/2023, 27/02/2023, and 03/02/2023. Additional manoeuvres in February 2023 were introduced later, they are on C2 on 19/02/2023 and on C1 on 23/02/2022. The intial list of manoeuvres for this period is included here ​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_jun2022_feb2023.pdf his list was updated in October 2022 to the full list of manoeuvres, which can be found here: ​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_nov2022_nov2023.pdf.

  • Cluster crosses the predicted neutral sheet until: C3 - 05/11/2022, C4 - 08/11/2022, C12 - 14/11/2022.
  • Cluster crosses the predicted magnetopause from: C1 - 11/11/2022, C2 - 13/11/2022, C34 - 17/11/2022.
  • Cluster crosses the predicted bow shock from: C12 - 21/12/2022, C34 - 30/12/2022.

The main science targets are conjunctions between Cluster and MMS and/or THEMIS at the magnetopause, bow shock or inside the magnetosheath (triple conjunctions and double with small inter-SC separation), and foreshock bubbles.

A list of the single BM1 intervals was updated on 30/09/2022 - the BM1 mode timing on SC4 on 17/11/2022 has been changed.

A list of manoeuvres in February 2023 was updated in October 2022 with two new manoeuvres, on C2 on 19/02/2023 and on C1 on 23/02/2022. The full list of manoeuvres can be found here: ​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_nov2022_nov2023.pdf.

The MSP48.1 was updated on 03/11/2022 (from and including orbit 3583) to accommodate ESOC's schedule for the payload off for the eclipse season, manoeuvres on 19/02/2023 and 23/02/2023, new Cluster/MMS/THEMIS conjunctions at the end of February 2022 and two triple conjunctions in the magnetosheath during eclipse season. These changes are reflected in the updated tables with *v2*, updated on 03/11/2022.

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