A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name AUX, Auxiliary and support data
Mission Double Star
URL https://csa.esac.esa.int/csa-web/#search
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-utxec5o
Abstract Auxiliary Data
Description Double Star auxiliary datasets
Dataset IDDataset content
D1_JP_AUX_PGPPredicted Geometric Positions, TC-1
D1_JP_AUX_PMPPredicted Magnetic Position, TC-1
D1_JP_AUX_PSEPredicted Scientific Events, TC-1
D1_SP_AUXSpacecraft Position, Velocity and Attitude (in GSE), TC-1
D1_CP_AUX_SPIN_TIMESpacecraft spin timing, TC-1
D2_JP_AUX_PGPPredicted Geometric Positions, TC-2
D2_JP_AUX_PMPPredicted Magnetic Position, TC-2
D2_JP_AUX_PSEPredicted Scientific Events, TC-2
D2_SP_AUXSpacecraft Position, Velocity and Attitude (in GSE), TC-2
D2_CP_AUX_SPIN_TIMESpacecraft spin timing, TC-2
Temporal Coverage 2003-12-29T19:06:00.000Z - 2009-12-31T23:59:59.000Z
Mission Description The Double Star Program (DSP) is the first mission in collaboration between China and ESA. The mission is made of two spacecraft to investigate the magnetospheric global processes and their response to the interplanetary disturbances in conjunction with the Cluster mission. The first spacecraft, TC-1 (Tan Ce means "Explorer"), was launched on 29 December 2003, and the second one, TC-2, on 25 July 2004 on board two Chinese Long March 2C rockets. TC-1 was injected in an equatorial orbit of 570x79000 km altitude with a 28° inclination and TC-2 in a polar orbit of 560x38000 km altitude. The orbits have been designed to complement the Cluster mission by maximizing the time when both Cluster and Double Star are in the same scientific regions. The two missions allow simultaneous observations of the Earth magnetosphere from six points in space. To facilitate the comparison of data, half of the Double Star payload is made of spare or duplicates of the Cluster instruments; the other half is made of Chinese instruments.
Liu, Z.X., C.P. Escoubet, Z. Pu, H. Laakso, J.K. Shi, C. Shen, M. Hapgood, The Double Star Mission, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2707-2712, 2005; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-2707-2005
Creator Contact Hungarian Cluster Data Centre
Cluster Joint Science Operations Centre (JSOC) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Didcot, UK
Cluster Active Archive team at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), caateam@cosmos.esa.int
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
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