Cluster mission

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European Space Agency mission scientific satellite mission space mission

The Cluster mission is a European Space Agency project consisting of four identical spacecraft flying in formation to study Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind in three dimensions.

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instanceOf European Space Agency mission ⓘ
scientific satellite mission ⓘ
space mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cluster ⓘ
Cluster II ⓘ
contributedTo understanding of magnetic reconnection ⓘ
understanding of particle acceleration in the magnetosphere ⓘ
understanding of turbulence in space plasmas ⓘ
countryOfOperator Europe ⓘ
dataType electric field measurements ⓘ
energetic particle measurements ⓘ
in-situ plasma measurements ⓘ
magnetic field measurements ⓘ
dimensionOfStudy three-dimensional ⓘ
focusRegion near-Earth space environment ⓘ
hasComponent Cluster Rumba spacecraft ⓘ
Cluster Salsa spacecraft ⓘ
Cluster Samba spacecraft ⓘ
Cluster Tango spacecraft ⓘ
launchDate 2000-07-16 ⓘ
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchVehicle Soyuz-Fregat ⓘ
missionProfile multi-spacecraft formation flight ⓘ
observationMode simultaneous multi-point measurements ⓘ
operator European Space Agency ⓘ
orbitType highly elliptical Earth orbit ⓘ
primaryObjective study Earth’s magnetosphere ⓘ
study interaction between solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere ⓘ
scientificDiscipline heliophysics ⓘ
space plasma physics ⓘ
scientificInstrumentType electric field instrument ⓘ
magnetometer ⓘ
plasma analyser ⓘ
wave experiment ⓘ
spaceAgencyProgram ESA Science Programme ⓘ
spacecraftBus spin-stabilised spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraftFormation tetrahedral formation ⓘ
spacecraftName Rumba ⓘ
Salsa ⓘ
Samba ⓘ
tango ⓘ
surface form: Tango
studies Earth’s magnetosphere ⓘ
auroral regions ⓘ
bow shock ⓘ
magnetosheath ⓘ
magnetotail ⓘ
solar wind ⓘ
targetBody Earth ⓘ
uses four identical spacecraft ⓘ

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