This segment covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 5 April 2024, part of the Dayside 2024 season.

Baseline telemetry is 140%.

The period includes most of the season of ‘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 03/02/2024 21:00 - 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 re-entry manoeuvres on SC2 on 15/01/2024, 16/01/2024, 24/01/2024, 25/01/2025 and on 01/02/2024, 02/02/2024 (February's manoeuvres are back-up). The full timetable is available here ​​http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_nov2023_feb2024_SC2.pdf. These manoeuvres have an increased margins and all instruments will be switched off for the whole duration of the manoeuvres.

There will be manoeuvres on SC3 in Spring 2024, the manoeuvres timetable will be available in October 2023.

Cluster crosses the predicted magnetopause from: SC1 - 07/11/2023, SC2 - 10/11/2023, C34 - 14/11/2023.

Cluster crosses the predicted bow shock from: SC1 - 16/12/2023, SC2 - 18/12/2023, SC34 - 25/12/2024.

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.