GSOP 3: 'Interball Tail Crossing Tail Axis'



Description of the proposed GSOP; spacecraft and ground facility configurations

Interball-Tail crossing through or passing close to tail axis with ideally another ISTP spacecraft in the lobe and one monitoring the solar wind.

Special POLAR data instrument operations REQUIREMENTS

UV and Visible imaging, SEPS

Special POLAR despun platform OPERATIONS

Platform pointing towards nightside region for the duration of the tail axis encounter.

Topic Proposed by: Polar Operations Coordinator

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