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ORBIT: equator perigee 7000km apogee 30 Re. Formation Flight Mission to Reveal Essential Structures of Space Plasma. SCOPE. cross S cale CO upling in P lasma univers E. BOW SHOCK. Mother + Four Daughters Apogee 30 Re, Perigee 7000km Inter-satellite Distance:
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ORBIT: equator perigee7000km apogee30Re Formation Flight Mission to Reveal Essential Structures of Space Plasma SCOPE cross Scale COupling in Plasma universE BOW SHOCK Mother + Four Daughters Apogee 30 Re, Perigee 7000km Inter-satellite Distance: 10-5000km(Variable) 3000km Origin of Plasma Jets 300km Plasma Vortices
Science Instruments High time resolution High sensitivity eV-MeV Wave & particle High time resolution High time resolution High sensitivity E/B 3-axis
Future Mission: SCOPE( cross Scale COupling in Plasma universE) NASA Magnetospheric Constellation mission (MC) MC =MHDscale NEW MISSION = kinetic scale SCOPE + 10~5,000 km ~10,000 km • High-time resolution (~ 10msec) electron detectors for understandingelectron-dynamics • Multi-spacecraft (1 parent & 4 children) observation for resolvingmeso-scale phenomena ( < ~1 Re) • Global structure & dynamicsof the magnetotail • 50-100 spacecraft willresolve space/time ambiguities. = Cross-Scale Coupling in the Magnetotail