Subject: Polar science plans - 113-120 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 19:33:57 -0500 From: Nicky Fox To: boardsen@lepsac.gsfc.nasa.gov, mle@ion.le.ac.uk, jim.spann@msfc.nasa.gov, sigwarth@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu, pete@willow.space.lockheed.com, opg@irfu.se, hoffman@eldyn2.gsfc.nasa.gov, ray_greenwald@jhuapl.edu Hi there Here is the next exciting installment of the Polar plans !! Mark/Hermann please note that I have given you the Polar/ESR/Cutlass collaboration which you requested !! Bill - it is far easier for Scott to find optical conjunctions with Fast in the southern hemisphere using his pointing software than for me using the SSC system - look out for his exceptional southern hemisphere viewing messages as they will alert you to the upcoming Polar/Fast conjunctions. Nicky Day UT Imager 113 4-7 whole oval - dayside if only partial possible 7-13 whole oval 13-17 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 21-0 whole oval - dayside if only partial possible 114 0-11 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible - IMP-8 in tail 15-0 midnight - IMP-8 well positioned in southern lobe moving towards centre tail axis 115 0-4:30 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 8:30-11:30 ~12 MLT - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction 11:30-13:30 ~15 MLT - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction 13:30-17:30 ~18 MLT - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction 17:30-22 midnight - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction and Geotail well positioned in tail 116 2:15-15 midnight as soon as possible - excellent position of Geotail in tail 19:30-0 whole oval - dayside if only partial possible 117 0-9 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 13-17 noon - SuperDARN(GB/St) conjunction 17-0 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 118 0-3 midnight - Interball-Tail in reasonably good position in tail 7-12 noon - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction 12-17 ~18 MLT - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction 17-20 ~21 MLT - ESR/SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction 119 1-7 whole oval - dayside if only partial possible 7-14 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 18-22 noon - SuperDARN(K/S) conjunction 22-0 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 120 0-4 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible 4-8 midnight - SuperDARN(K/S) conjunction 12-18 noon - SuperDARN(GB/St) conjunction 18-0 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible Nicola J. Fox GGS Operations Coordinator NASA/GSFC - Code 696 Greenbelt MD 20771 USA Tel 301-286-8872 Fax 301-286-1648