MSP50.2

MSP50.2

This segment covers the period from 5 April 2024 to 5 July 2024, the Bryant plot is available at: ​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/bryant_msp_v5010_Dayside_2024.pdf

Baseline telemetry is 140%.

On SC2 only FGM, PEACE and WEC are planned to be switched on after the eclipse season.

The period includes part of the ‘Short Eclipses’ in February - May 2024 when all instruments will be switched off.

The estimated dates for the payload to be off during the Short Eclipse season are:

• C2 01/02/2024 04:00 - 24/05/2024 10:00
• C1 19/02/2024 17:00 - 04/05/2024 02:00
• C34 26/02/2024 12:00 - 06/04/2024 22:00

There will be manoeuvres on SC3 in Spring 2024, the manoeuvres timetable will be available in November 2023. The along-orbit shift after the manoeuvres will be minimal.

Cluster crosses the predicted bow shock until: SC34 - 24/05/2024, SC1 - 28/05/2024, SC2 - 31/05/2024.

Cluster crosses the predicted magnetopause until: C34 - 01/07/2024, SC1 - 03/07/2024, SC2 - 08/07/2024.

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