Enstrophy was launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska, USA at 06:45:31 UT on 11 February 1999 into a pre-midnight aurora.
Multipoint measurements of field-aligned current density in the auroral zone
(to be released in the Journal of Geophysical Research in 2003)
Yihua Zheng,
Universities Space Research Association, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.
Kristina Lynch,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Manfred Boehm,
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Raymond Goldstein,
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Hamid Javadi,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.
Peter Schuck,
Naval Research Laboratory, Washinton, D.C., USA.
Roger L. Arnoldy,
Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
Paul M. Kintner,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
The Enstrophy Main Payload:
Photograph of FFMs:
Layout of FFMs:
FFM deployment system concept:
Image from the Polar Ultraviolet Imager during the Enstrophy Flight:
Cartoon representation of the Enstrophy flight:
Deployment geometry of the four FFMs:
Comprehensive view of the Enstrophy auroral event:
Focused view of the Enstrophy auroral event:
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