| | 1 | This segment covers the period from 22 September to 01 December 2023 (starting during the Autumn 2023 eclipse season). |
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| | 3 | 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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| | 5 | C34 13/09/2023 10:00 - 23/09/2023 18:00 |
| | 6 | C1 19/09/2023 05:00 - 02/10/2023 13:00 |
| | 7 | C2 19/09/2023 21:00 - 04/10/2023 17:00 |
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| | 9 | Baseline telemetry is 140% on average. |
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| | 11 | There will be no moon eclipses in this segment. |
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| | 13 | 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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| | 15 | Cluster crosses the predicted neutral sheet in the tail until: 13/11/2023 - by all SC. |
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| | 17 | Cluster crosses the predicted magnetopause from: SC1 - 07/11/2023, SC2 - 10/11/2023, C34 - 14/11/2023. |
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| | 19 | The main science targets are conjunctions between Cluster and MMS and/or THEMIS in the plasma sheet and at the dayside, and auroral acceleration region in the northern hemisphere. |
