Cluster 2's specifications
Prime
contractor
|
Astrium
(Dornier)
|
Platform
|
|
Mass
at launch
|
1200
kg
|
Dry
mass
|
550
kg
|
Payload
mass
|
71
kg
|
Dimension
|
2.9
m diameter x 1.3 m height
|
Solar
array
|
|
Stabilization
|
|
DC
power
|
224
W
|
Design
lifetime
|
|
11 scientific experiments including also carries two 5 meter-long experiment
booms, four 50 meter-long wire booms, and two antenna booms:
1: Fluxgate Magnetometer (FGM) to provide magnetic field components
2: Electron Drift Instrument (EDI) to enable inference of electric field vector
in the vicinity by recapturing the emissions from an electron gun
3: Active Spacecraft POtential Control experiment (ASPOC) in which positive
indium ions are shot in order to neutralize the build-up of positive charges on
a spacecraft
4: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuation experiment (STAFF) to do in
situ analysis of the fluctuations in the magnetic field
5: Electric Field and Wave experiment (EFW) to measure the electric field and
plasma density fluctuations
6: Digital Wave Processing experiment (DWP) to enable in situ correlations of
waves and plasma density
7: Waves of HIgh frequency and Sounder for Probing Electron density by
Relaxation experiment (WHISPER) which excites local plasma oscillations
synchronous with the pulsed radio emissions
8: Wide Band Data instrument (WBD) which monitors the B- and E-fields of
natural VLF emissions such as whistlers
9: Plasma Electron And Current Experiment (PEACE) which enables 3-D
distribution function of cold and hot electrons
10: Cluster Ion Spectroscopy experiment (CIS) to monitor the charge, mass, and
distribution function of hot and cold ions
11: Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors (RAPID) to monitor the
arrival direction of very high energy electrons and ions, and their
energies.