The HIA instrument on board the Tan Ce 1 Double Star near-equatorial spacecraft and its first results [PDF]
On 29 December 2003, the Chinese spacecraft Tan Ce 1 (TC-1), the first component of the Double Star mission, was successfully launched within a low-latitude eccentric orbit.
H. Rème +18 more
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A joint Cluster and ground-based instruments study of two magnetospheric substorm events on 1 September 2002 [PDF]
We present a coordinated ground- and space-based multi-instrument study of two magnetospheric substorm events that occurred on 1 September 2002, during the interval from 18:00 UT to 24:00 UT.
N. C. Draper +11 more
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IMPALAS: Investigation of MagnetoPause Activity using Longitudinally-Aligned Satellites—a mission concept proposed for the ESA M3 2020/2022 launch [PDF]
The dayside magnetopause is the primary site of energy transfer from the solar wind into the magnetosphere, and modulates the activity observed within the magnetosphere itself.
Amm, O. +19 more
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Cusp observations during a sequence of fast IMF BZ reversals [PDF]
In recent years, a large number of papers have reported the response of the cusp to solar wind variations under conditions of northward or southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) Z-component (BZ).
H. T. Cai +9 more
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Cluster observations of the midaltitude cusp under strong northward interplanetary magnetic field [PDF]
We report on a multispacecraft cusp observation lasting more than 100 min. We determine the cusp boundary motion and reveal the effect on the cusp size of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) changing from southward to northward.
Bogdanova, Y. V. +5 more
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Element-free rope pulley calculations: Advancing deployable skeleton performance optimization
Objects in rope-driven multibody systems are controlled via embedded pulleys and ropes, and these systems are widely utilized in large deployable structures, aircraft interception systems, robots, cranes, and other mechanical systems.
Bin Xia +4 more
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The article examines the methods of intelligent analysis of telemetric information of spacecraft. The current state and main shortcomings of the control process during the spacecraft flight control are briefly given.
S. V. Soloviev
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Observations of the spatial and temporal structure of field-aligned beam and gyrating ring distributions at the quasi-perpendicular bow shock with Cluster CIS [PDF]
During the early orbit phase, the Cluster spacecraft have repeatedly crossed the perpendicular Earth’s bow shock and provided the first multi-spacecraft measurements. We have analyzed data from the Cluster Ion Spectrometry experiment (CIS), which
E. Möbius +25 more
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Solitary potential structures observed in the magnetosheath by the Cluster spacecraft [PDF]
Abstract. Bipolar pulses of ~ 25-100 µs in duration have been observed in the wave electric field data obtained by the Wideband plasma wave instrument on the Cluster spacecraft in the dayside magnetosheath. These pulses are similar in almost all respects to those observed on several spacecraft over the last few years.
Pickett, J. S. +6 more
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On the estimation of the current density in space plasmas: multi versus single-point techniques
Thanks to multi-spacecraft mission, it has recently been possible to directly estimate the current density in space plasmas, by using magnetic field time series from four satellites flying in a quasi perfect tetrahedron configuration.
Malara, Francesco +4 more
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