| 59 | == MSP 42 == |
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| 61 | This period covers 8 Dec 2019 - 06 June 2020 (orbits 3067 – 3146). |
| 62 | The period includes a season of ‘Short Eclipses’ in February - March 2020, when all instruments will be switched off. Preliminary dates for the eclipses are: SC3 and SC4 24/02/2020 01:30 - 15/03/2020 12:30 and on SC1 and SC2 24/02/2020 01:30 -17/03/2020 19:20. |
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| 64 | There are also a moon eclipses: on C1 on 1 July 2019, 15:41-16:50; on C2 on 28 September 2019, 19:07 - 19:28; and on C1 on 27 November 2019, 22:03-22:53. |
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| 66 | The magnetopause is accessible at the start of MSP41 and at the end, and the neutral sheet will be accessible for most of the MSP. |
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| 68 | There are manoeuvres during this period, and a list is included here for the MSP40.2 and MSP41 http://jsocwiki.rl.ac.uk/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/manoeuvres_mar2019-dec2019.pdf. |
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| 70 | Two segments have been defined for this period: |
| 71 | * MSP 41.1 covers orbits 2980 to 3025 (25 May to 06 September, prior the long eclipses season, 130% data volume) |
| 72 | * MSP 41.2 covers orbits 3026 to 3066 (06 September to 05 December, after the long eclipses season, 130% data volume) |
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