The Equator-S mission

Introduction The Equator - S mission

In spite of its short operational life of only ®ve months, the major goals of the Equator-S mission were ful®lled, except that its contribution to the ISTP science is restricted to the morning sector of the outer magnetosphere. A set of twelve papers following this introduction is a ®rst documentation of the achievements. They span from the successful testing and operation of the most advanced ...

The One-Equator Property

Magnetopause boundary structure deduced from the high-time resolution particle experiment on the Equator-S spacecraft

An electrostatic analyser (ESA) onboard the Equator-S spacecraft operating in coordination with a potential control device (PCD) has obtained the ®rst accurate electron energy spectrum with energies 7 eV± 100 eV in the vicinity of themagnetopause. On 8 January, 1998, a solar wind pressure increase pushed the magnetopause inward, leaving the Equator-S spacecraft in the magnetosheath. On the retu...

Composable Mission Spaces and M&S Repositories

The challenge of generating a federation driven by operational requirements "on the fly" has been formulated in various programs and proposals, but so far, no satisfying solution has been accomplished. The use of open source doesn't satisfy the industry, which has a vital interest to keep their core solutions in-house (protection of intellectual property). The use of interface-driven solutions ...

Students embrace ND ' s mission in Africa

W a te r f lo o d ed f ro m th e t h i r d f lo o r of th e Hesburgh Library to the basem ent after a pipe burst Monday morning, damaging approximately 1 ,500 books on th e s e c o n d floor, sa id Nigel Butterwick, associate director for user services at the library. Water was “cascading” from the ceiling of the second floor on the w est side of the build ing w hen A ssocia te Vice P re s id e...