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Plot of Cluster Orbit and Spacecraft Configuration
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Plot of Cluster Orbit and Spacecraft Configuration
Date: 21 June 2007 Satellite: Cluster Depicts: Orbit plot and spacecraft configuration in neutral sheet Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
Orbit of the Cluster spacefleet in June 2007 within the Earth's magnetosphere. The inter-spacecraft distance at the neutral sheet is 40 km between Samba and Tango. This satellite pair is separated by a distance of 10 000 km with each of the two remaining spacecraft, Rumba and Salsa.