ESA Science & Technology - Cluster-II: Scientific Objectives and Data Dissemination

Publication date: 02 April 2000

Authors: Escoubet, P.

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 102
Page: 54-60
Year: 2000

Copyright: ESA

The Cluster-II mission is designed to study the near-Earth space environment in three dimensions. This will be the first scientific mission with four identical spacecraft flying together in the Earth's environment. The relative distance between the four spacecraft will vary between 200 and 18 000 km, according to the scientific region of interest. Cluster-II and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) together make up the Solar Terrestrial Science Programme, the first 'Cornerstone' of ESA's Horizons 2000 long-term science plan.