MSP31.2

The long eclipse OFF period for C1, C3, C4 is from 14 August to 24 August with an additional long eclipse for C3 and C4 on 26 August, and for C2 the long OFF period is from 16 August to 26 August see the jsoc website for more details (​http://www.jsoc.rl.ac.uk/msp). The first two planning periods will have five orbits, with one orbit in each planning period being completely empty because all the satellites are OFF.

There is a sharp transition from Northern cusp crossings to Southern cusp crossings in the MSP segment. There are neutral sheet crossings and the SOWG presentation lists the available ones (10/08/14 - Full Moon 18:09, 28/08/14, 02/09/14, 09/09/14 (Full Moon - 01:38), 18/09/14, 03/10/14). There are possible conjunctions with ARTEMIS at Full Moon, and possible coordination with THEMIS and SWARM (NM1 mode used for SWARM).

The template Bryant plots for the periods are attached, and also on the jsoc website.

The draft for MSP31.2 is very full, and some BM1 sessions may need to be cut. There is a mixture of neutral sheet, some repeats of Retino, some substorm current wedge requests and a few Polar Cap sessions and ring current. The deadline for comments has been extended to Close of Business on 23 June.