Research report 2004 - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Cluster and Double Star: A fleet of 6 satellites investigating Earth's magnetosphere
Authors
Berndt Klecker; Matthias Förster, Edita, Georgescu, Stein Haaland, Arpad Kis, Goetz Paschmann, Manfred Scholer, Hans Vaith
Departments
Weltraumplasmaphysik (Dr. Götz Paschmann)
MPI für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching
Summary
With the missions Cluster and Double Star, coordinated measurements in Earth’s magnetosphere with up to 6 spacecraft are now becoming available for the first time. Cluster, with its 4 spacecraft in tetraeder-configuration provides data for variable distances in the range ~100 to 20000 km. These are complimented by the measurements of the Two Double Star spacecraft in polar and equatorial orbit.