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Ann. Geophys., 17, 1499-1502, 1999
www.ann-geophys.net/17/1499/1999/
© European Geosciences Union 1999
Introduction: The Equator-S mission
G. Haerendel1, R. B. Torbert2, and H. Höfner1
1Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
2University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Abstract. In spite of its short operational life of
only five months, the major goals of the Equator-S mission were fulfilled,
except that its contribution to the ISTP science is restricted to the morning
sector of the outer magnetosphere. A set of twelve papers following this
introduction is a first documentation of the achievements. They span from the
successful testing and operation of the most advanced and complex way of
measuring electric fields in a hot plasma environment by means of electron
beams, to various investigations at or near the equatorial magnetopause and in
the plasma sheet.
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