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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
– JUICE ESA mission (launched on April 14th, 2023), SCM instrument within RPWI consortium
Member of the user commitee of the French data centre for plasma physics (2006-2023) :
"Centre de Données de la Physique des Plasmas (CDPP)"
