LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas - UMR 7648

Space missions

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Responsible for the magnetic antennas for the following missions:

In-flight Missions

– Cluster ESA mission (launched in 2000, extended to September 2024, Cluster 2 reentry), STAFF-SC instrument PI since 2023

– THEMIS NASA mission (launched on Feb. 17th, 2007, extended up to 2026), SCM
instruments CoI

– MMS NASA mission (launched on March 12th, 2015, extended up to 2026), SCM instrument CoI of the Fields consortium

Missions in progress or proposed

– HelioSwarm proposed to NASA MIDEX Call in 2019 was selected for a competitive phase A in August 2020
In February 2022, Helioswarm was finally selected for launch in 2029.
This NASA PI mission is leaded by Harlan Spence from UNH
SCM instrument Lead

– Plasma Observatory proposed to ESA AO M7, selected for phase 0 in 2023 and selected for a competitive phase A in November 2023
SCM instrument PI, member of the core team (science operations)

Co-Investigator (CoI) for the following missions:

In-flight Missions

– Cluster ESA mission (launched in 2000, CoI until 2023), STAFF-SC instrument

– BepiColombo ESA/JAXA mission (launched on October 18th, 2018), DB-SC instrument

– Solar orbiter ESA mission (launched on February 10th, 2020), SCM&LFR instruments in the RPW consortium

Member of the user commitee of the French data centre for plasma physics (2006-2023):

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