The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Magnetic Control Plan

D M Miles; A Lasko; M Blandin; S Bounds; R Caron; A Carton; J Dolan; R Dvorsky; M G Finley; A Flores; C Goss; K Greene; J Halekas; G B Hospodarsky; C A Kletzing; D Mark; I Miller; P Nguyen; S Omar; E Orrill; R Prasad; A Rospos; A Slagle; R J Strangeway; R Torbert; R Vernot; A Washington

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The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Magnetic Control Plan

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The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Magnetic Control Plan

D M Miles, A Lasko, M Blandin, S Bounds, R Caron, A Carton, J Dolan, R Dvorsky, M G Finley, A Flores, …

Space science reviews, Vol.222(6), 70

09/07/2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-026-01326-2

PMCID: PMC13550070

PMID: 42712465

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The Tandem Reconnection And Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission implemented a magnetics control plan to help meet its science objectives. TRACERS studies the variability of magnetic reconnection using two closely spaced spacecraft taking high-cadence plasma measurements through the northern magnetospheric cusp. Science measurements of the local AC and DC magnetic field and medium energy electrons can be degraded by local stray magnetic fields from the spacecraft and instruments. The measured low frequency and static magnetic field can be directly contaminated by static magnetic fields from magnetised or ferromagnetic materials while the AC magnetic fields are susceptible to contamination from time varying electrical currents. Incoming electrons can be deflected by local magnetic fields altering their apparent incoming direction at detection. TRACERS uses a combination of source control, physical separation, magnetic screening, and post-hoc signal processing to ensure it meets its measurement objectives.

TRACERS

Magnetometry

MAGIC

Magnetic cleanliness

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Title: Subtitle: The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Magnetic Control Plan
Creators: D M Miles - University of Iowa
A Lasko - University of Iowa
M Blandin - University of Iowa
S Bounds - University of Iowa
R Caron - University of California, Los Angeles
A Carton - University of Iowa
J Dolan - University of Iowa
R Dvorsky - University of Iowa
M G Finley - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
A Flores - University of Iowa
C Goss - The Aerospace Corporation
K Greene - University of California, Berkeley
J Halekas - University of Iowa
G B Hospodarsky - University of Iowa
C A Kletzing - University of Iowa
D Mark - Wyoming State Library
I Miller - Colorado Mountain College
P Nguyen - Colorado Mountain College
S Omar - The Aerospace Corporation
E Orrill - Colorado Mountain College
R Prasad - The Aerospace Corporation
A Rospos - The Aerospace Corporation
A Slagle - University of California, Berkeley
R J Strangeway - University of California, Los Angeles
R Torbert - University of New Hampshire
R Vernot - Colorado Mountain College
A Washington - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Space science reviews, Vol.222(6), 70
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-026-01326-2
PMID: 42712465
PMCID: PMC13550070
NLM abbreviation: Space Sci Rev
ISSN: 0038-6308
eISSN: 1572-9672
Publisher: Springer Nature
Grant note: C0000008 / CLC NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 09/07/2026
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9985224340202771

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