Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics

Is Magnetic Reconnection Dominantly Spatially or Temporally Variable: First Results From TRACERS

Abstract The Tandem Reconnection And Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) small explorer mission was designed to: Determine whether magnetopause reconnection is primarily spatially or temporally variable for a range of solar wind conditions . Observations from...

First results from the Juice magnetometer during the Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist

Abstract. Before reaching the Jovian system in 2031, the ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft will perform three Earth flybys. As well as providing gravitational assistance, these flybys are prime opportunities to assess performance and undertake in-flight calibratio...