Rejigging the Cluster quartet
Paris (ESA) Jan 22, 2015 - Aiming to study Earth's 'bow shock' in the solar wind, the constellation of Cluster satellites is being rejigged to bring two of the four to within almost touching distance. ESA's Cluster quartet, in orbit since 2000, is studying the detailed structures of Earth's magnetosphere - our protective magnetic bubble - and its environment in 3D. The four identical satellites fly in highly ellipti ... more
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