The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center

I W Christopher; C A Kletzing; D Crawford; C Piker; D Wilkinson; K Steele; S M Petrinec; S Bounds; S Vaclavik; S Omar; E Shults; M Winter; D M Miles

doi:10.1007/s11214-025-01199-x

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The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center

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The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center

I W Christopher, C A Kletzing, D Crawford, C Piker, D Wilkinson, K Steele, S M Petrinec, S Bounds, S Vaclavik, S Omar, …

Space science reviews, Vol.221(5), 74

08/11/2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-025-01199-x

PMCID: PMC12339611

PMID: 40810049

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The primary purpose of the Tandem Reconnection And Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center (SOC) is to ensure that the data necessary to achieve the TRACERS science goals are acquired, processed, and distributed to the scientific community. The SOC role in data acquisition is to facilitate science instrument planning and operations, through a weekly commanding cycle. Data processing includes generation of Level 0 and Level 1 data products, creation of Spacecraft Planet Instrument Camera-matrix Events (SPICE) kernels to provide spacecraft ephemerides and coordinate transforms for the mission, and ensuring consistency of all Level 2+ products produced by the individual instrument teams. Data distribution is undertaken in two ways. First, by hosting TRACERS data products on a public web portal during the active mission, and second by preparing mission data for transfer to the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) for long-term archiving.

Magnetic reconnection

TRACERS

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Title: Subtitle: The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center
Creators: I W Christopher - University of Iowa
C A Kletzing - University of Iowa
D Crawford - University of Iowa
C Piker - University of Iowa
D Wilkinson - University of Iowa
K Steele - University of Iowa
S M Petrinec - Lockheed Martin
S Bounds - University of Iowa
S Vaclavik - Nextage, LLC, Glenwood, MD USA
S Omar - Lockheed Martin
E Shults - Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company, El Segundo, CA USA
M Winter - Lockheed Martin
D M Miles - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Space science reviews, Vol.221(5), 74
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-025-01199-x
PMID: 40810049
PMCID: PMC12339611
NLM abbreviation: Space Sci Rev
ISSN: 0038-6308
eISSN: 1572-9672
Publisher: Springer Nature
Language: English
Date published: 08/11/2025
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984946704802771

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