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| | 150 | == MSP49.2 == |
| | 151 | [wiki:MSP492 MSP49.2] |
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| | 153 | This segment covers the period from 22 September to 01 December 2023 (starting during the Autumn 2023 eclipse season). |
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| | 155 | The preliminary dates for the payload to be off during the long eclipses season are (the exact dates are TBC by ESOC): |
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| | 157 | * C34 13/09/2023 10:00 - 23/09/2023 18:00 |
| | 158 | * C1 19/09/2023 05:00 - 02/10/2023 13:00 |
| | 159 | * C2 19/09/2023 21:00 - 04/10/2023 17:00 |
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| | 161 | Baseline telemetry is 140% on average. |
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| | 163 | There will be no moon eclipses in this segment. |
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| | 165 | There will be a manoeuvre on SC2 on 06/11/2023 and 17/11/2023, for more information please see http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_nov2022_nov2023_v2.pdf. |
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| | 167 | Cluster crosses the predicted neutral sheet in the tail until: 13/11/2023 - by all SC. |
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| | 169 | Cluster crosses the predicted magnetopause from: SC1 - 07/11/2023, SC2 - 10/11/2023, C34 - 14/11/2023. |
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| | 172 | The main science targets are conjunctions between Cluster and MMS and/or THEMIS in the plasma sheet, and auroral acceleration region in the northern hemisphere. |
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