This segment covers the period from 14 May 2023 to 22 September 2023 (before and including part of the long eclipses season 2023).

Baseline telemetry is TBD.

The preliminary dates for the payload to be off are:

• C34 13/09/2023 10:00 - 23/09/2023 18:00
• C1 19/09/2023 05:00 - 02/10/2023 13:00
• C2 19/09/2023 21:00 - 04/10/2023 17:00

There will be no moon eclipses in this segment.

There will be manoeuvres on C2 on 17/09/2023. The full list of manoeuvres for this period is included here ​​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_nov2022_nov2023.pdf

Cluster crosses the predicted bow shock until: C34 - 17/05/2023, C1 - 24/05/2023, C2 - 28/05/2023

Cluster crosses the predicted magnetopause until: C34 - 24/06/2023, C1 - 29/06/2023, C2 - 03/07/2023

Cluster crosses the predicted neutral sheet from: C34 - 16/07/2023, C12 - 12/08/2023

The main science targets are conjunctions between Cluster and MMS and/or THEMIS at the magnetopause, bow shock, inside the magnetosheath and plasma sheet, and auroral acceleration region.