Introduction: The Equator-S mission

Introduction: The Equator-S mission

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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 m02n3ll/a 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, focusrite rednet r1 to various investigations at or near the equatorial magnetopause and in the plasma sheet.