| Instrument: ASPOC : Active Spacecraft Potential Control Experiment |
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Associated Platforms CLUSTER-II Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The objective of the ASPOC (Active Spacecraft Potential Control) instrument on the Cluster-II spacecraft is to investigate this ion beam and its interaction with the surrounding particles, connected with the reduction efficiency of the spacecraft charge to acceptable levels. This instrument is being developed by an international workgroup, which the institute of space research of the Austrian academy of sciences chairs as principle investigator. This institute is also responsible for the complete
Online Resources http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/english/research/earthnearspace/cluster/aspoc_e.html Instrument Logistics Data Rate: 0.108 kbps Instrument Start Date: 2000-07-16 Instrument Owner: Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Physics, Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf Space Science Department, ESA/ESTEC Norwegian Defense Research Establishment University of New Hampshire Naval Postgraduate School Southwest Research Institute University of Washington University College London Chinese Academy of Sciences |