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Double star: Mission, instruments and joint observations

  • Double star PIs
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • Imperial College London
  • ESA/ESTEC
  • CAS - National Space Science Center
  • University College London

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Abstract

The Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) Double Star (DSP) spacecraft, TC-1 and TC-2 were launched in December 2003 and July 2004 into near equatorial and polar orbits respectively. During more than 3 years of operations they have maintained a close phasing with the ESA four-spacecraft mission to produce the first, well coordinated multi-scale measurements, sampling phenomena with five and six spacecraft. In this short paper we give a brief review of the DSP mission and show its joint capability with Cluster by showing examples of use of some early and more recent analysis techniques and their application to (more than) four spacecraft. We highlight a selection of some co-ordinated events, focussing on dayside phenomena, but also with a brief discussion of a tail event. Other reviews in this special issue will deal more completely with coverage of the other regions of the magnetosphere.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
EditorsHarri Laakso, Matthew Taylor, C. Philippe Escoubet
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages331-346
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9789048134991
ISBN (Print)9780387727677, 9780387876207, 9781402055720, 9781402069321, 9781402088674, 9781402091896, 9781441981608, 9781441983688, 9783540758259, 9783642033230, 9783642103216, 9783642103513, 9783642113406, 9783642172502, 9789048133994, 9789048134984, 9789048134984
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event15th Workshop on Cluster Active Archive, 2008 - Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Duration: 9 Mar 200815 Mar 2008

Publication series

NameAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Volume0
ISSN (Print)1570-6591
ISSN (Electronic)1570-6605

Conference

Conference15th Workshop on Cluster Active Archive, 2008
Country/TerritorySpain
CityTenerife, Canary Islands
Period9/03/0815/03/08

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