GSOPs Listing of Time Intervals
More information on GSOPs are available via the Master Table
see also the table on SPOTs.
Bold days and UT indicate specially good cases
START END WIND IMP-8 IB TAIL GEOTAIL POLAR
DATE & TIME
96130 1000 96130 1630 in the in the mag- Cusp
magnetosphere netosphere
96131 1000 96131 1630 in the in the mag- Apogee
magnetosphere netosphere
96157 1600 96158 0200 in the mag- in the mag- Cusp, apogee
netosphere netosphere
96259 1800 At midnight Above Cusp
96264 1800 At midnight Dayside oval, east
of Hudson Bay.
Possible Sondrestrom
WB priority
96270 0400 At midnight Almost at N. pole
96274 0000 Y=+10Re At dawn Y=-10Re Apogee
ahead of mag-pause ahead of
shock at equator shock
96275 1200 At midnight Apogee
96278 1200 At midnight Above cusp
Small Z
96286 0300 96286 0700 SW SW Upper dusk Crosses nightside oval
lobe into night side polar
cap. WB priority
96291 0600 96291 0800 SW Center of N. lobe at Center of Crosses Canopus
tail 02 LT tail WB priority
96302 1000 At midnight Toward apogee
slightly nightside
96303 0500 96303 0600 SW Dusk Dawn, high Dawn Near apogee
appr.22LT lat. lobe 0.3LT
96303 2000 96303 2200 SW Dusk Dawn, high Mag High Lat. night-
appr.23LT lat.lobe sheath side towards dawn
96307 2000 At midnight Almost dayside cusp.
Above Canopus
96308 0000 96308 0300 SW SW X appr.20Re Very close S. auroral and polar
Y appr. -8Re to IB Tail cap crossing, then up
Z small thru. nightside oval
(Note)
WIND IMP-8 IB TAIL GEOTAIL POLAR
Note: Between Canopus and Greenland: maybe Sondrestrom; WB priority
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Daniel Berdichevsky - Raytheon STX Corp. at ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility (SPOF)
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Last modification, Oct. 2, 1996.