Orbit Evolution After Extension
Date: 17 February 2005
Satellite: Cluster
Depicts: Cluster orbit on diagram of Earth's magnetosphere
Copyright: ESA
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Comparison of Cluster orbit in 2009 (solid) and 2001 (dashed). On the dayside, the 2009 orbit passes through the subsolar magnetopause and the auroral acceleration zone.
Last Update: 1 September 2019