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The Resurrection of the Cluster Scientific Mission

Publication date: 02 July 1997

Authors: Credland, J. & Schmidt, R

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 91
Year: 1997

Copyright: ESA

The Cluster mission was first proposed to the Agency in late 1982 and was subsequently selected, together with SOHO, as the Solar Terrestrial Science Programme (STSP), the first Cornerstone of ESA's Horizon 2000 Programme. This article gives an overview of the complex chain of events that have taken place between the loss of the original mission with the Ariane-5 launch failure and the recent approval of the recovery mission known as Cluster-II.

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