Low-power mode for Cluster satellite successfully implemented
Submit on Saturday, October 7th, 2006 05:55
Ageing batteries have made it necessary to put one of ESA’s Cluster spacecraft into a newly devised low-power mode during eclipse periods. The four identical Cluster satellites are flying in formation to study solar winds and their interaction with the Earth’s magnetic field.
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