Priority Science Operations Topic

SPOT 6: 'FAST / Polar Optical Conjunctions'

Date and Time of the Special Operations Period

Time Start 96336 00:00:00
Time End 97090 00:00

Description of the SPOT: spacecraft and ground facility configurations

During this interval the FAST apogee will be over the northern polar cap and it will be possible to obtain high time resolution data (i.e. millisecond particle and field measurements) from the poker flat and kiruna ground stations. High time resolution particle and field data from FAST in Conjunction with high time and spatial resolution imaging data from Polar VIS/UVI and PIXIE will provide a unique opportunity to systematically investigate the temporal and spatial extent of magnetospheric ionospheric intereactions.

Special POLAR data instrument operations REQUIREMENTS

Polar VIS/UVI/and PIXIE data imaging either

     1) Low spatial, high temporal resolution including one of the three
	primary FAST ground coordination sites, poker flat, svalbard, or
	kiruna
or   2) following the foot print of the polar satellite with high spatial
	resolution VIS capability.

The wavelengths should be chosen to emphasize high time resolution measurements, that is, not to include wavelengths from states that have very long lifetimes.

Special POLAR despun platform OPERATIONS

see item 2 above.

Topic Proposed by: W.K Peterson for the FAST science team

e-mail: pete@willow.spasci.com


ftp://sierra.spasci.com/DATA/fast/conjunctions.html
contains the update of the calculated conjunction list between

        fast-interball/aurora
        fast-akebon and
        fast-msx
to include the interval December 15 to Feburary 1

Maintained by:

Robert Hoffman - GSFC/NASA (e-mail: hoffman@eldyn2.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Daniel Berdichevsky - Raytheon STX Corp. at ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility (SPOF)
(e-mail: berdi@istp1.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Last updated: Nov. 27, 1997

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