2.2.6 spase://CDPP/Observatory/AMDA/Cluster-Rumba Cluster 1 Rumba Cluster 2/FlightModel5 (Rumba) 2000-045A FM5 2016-10-04T15:21:30Z Cluster II is part of an international collaboration to investigate the physical connection between the Sun and Earth. Flying in a tetrahedral (triangular pyramid) formation, the four spacecraft collect the most detailed data yet on small-scale changes in near-Earth space and the interaction between the charged particles of the solar wind and Earth's atmosphere. This enables scientists to build a three-dimensional model of the magnetosphere and to better understand the processes taking place inside it. C. Philippe Escoubet (ESA Project Scientist) spase://SMWG/Person/Christophe.Philippe.Escoubet ProjectScientist Fact Sheet of the Cluster mission http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=47348 Information about the Cluster spacecraft spase://SMWG/Observatory/Cluster2-Rumba spase://CDPP/Observatory/AMDA/Cluster Earth.Magnetosphere Heliosphere.NearEarth Earth.Magnetosheath Earth.Magnetosphere.Main Earth.Magnetosphere.Polar 2000-12-01T00:00:00 Start of full orbit coverage: 2002-06-01T00:00:00