Journal article
From the TRICE-2 Investigations to the TRACERS Mission
Space science reviews, Vol.221(4), 52
06/2025
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-025-01178-2
PMCID: PMC12159103
PMID: 40521406
Abstract
On the morning of December 8, 2018, two sounding rockets were launched into the northern hemisphere cusp region to investigate the spatial and temporal nature of cusp structures. The two rockets, designated Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics 2 (TRICE-2), consisted of a high- and a low-flyer rocket launched two minutes apart. The TRICE-2 mission was a pathfinder for the upcoming Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission and carried almost identical payloads to those proposed for the twin spacecraft of the TRACERS mission. Results from the TRICE-2 mission are summarized, including observed cusp features (low energy ions in the cusp, overlapping cusp ion dispersions and cusp ion signatures) and the connection of the cusp structures to ionospheric convection cells, provided by SuperDARN radar observations, to show the advantages of coordinated space and ground-based observations. A description is provided for how these results – and those of other experiments which made measurements of particles and waves in the cusp and in the dayside magnetosphere – have guided the science objectives of the TRACERS mission.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- From the TRICE-2 Investigations to the TRACERS Mission
- Creators
- K. J. Trattner - Boulder, CO USAJ. LaBelle - Hanover, NH USAO. Santolik - Prague, Czechia Prague, CzechiaC. A. Kletzing - Iowa City, IA USAD. M. Miles - Iowa City, IA USAS. A. Fuselier - San Antonio, TX USA San Antonio, TX USAJ. W. Bonnell - Berkeley, CA USAS. R. Bounds - Iowa City, IA USAI. Kolmasova - Prague, Czechia Prague, CzechiaS. M. Petrinec - Palo Alto, CA USAR. P. Sawyer - Iowa City, IA USAS. K. Vines - San Antonio, TX USAC. Moser-Gauthier - Durham, NH USAI. H. Cairns - Sydney, New South Wales 2006 AustraliaT. K. Yeoman - Leicester, UK
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Space science reviews, Vol.221(4), 52
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11214-025-01178-2
- PMID
- 40521406
- PMCID
- PMC12159103
- NLM abbreviation
- Space Sci Rev
- ISSN
- 0038-6308
- eISSN
- 1572-9672
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; DORDRECHT
- Grant note
- TRICE-2 mission: NNX15AL08G MMS prime grant: NNG04EB99C, 80NSSC19K0849, 80NSSC23K0009, 80NSSC20K0688 NASA grant: NNG04EB99C Lockheed Martin: 499935Q, 80NSSC18K1379 NASA award: 1002052568 University of Iowa: 80GSFC18C0008 STFC Grant: ST/S000429/1 NERC grant: 80GSFC18C0008, NE/V000748/1 Australian Research Council: IC170100023
The research at LASP was supported by the TRICE-2 mission grant NNX15AL08G, the MMS prime grant NNG04EB99C and by 80NSSC19K0849, 80NSSC23K0009 and 80NSSC20K0688. Research at SWRI was funded by NASA grant NNG04EB99C. Work at Lockheed Martin was performed on Contracts 499935Q and 80NSSC18K1379. Work at Dartmouth College was supported by subaward #1002052568 to NASA award 80GSFC18C0008 to the University of Iowa. T. K. Y. is supported by STFC Grant ST/S000429/1 and NERC grant NE/V000748/1. TRACERS is supported by 80GSFC18C0008. I.H.C. is supported by the Australian Research Council grant IC170100023 for the ARC Training Centre for Cube-Sats, UAV's and their Applications (CUAVA).
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2025
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984829886202771
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