Cluster II

1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories

Cluster II

Four-spacecraft mission studying Earth’s magnetic environment.

Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2000
Lead / partner
ESA
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Magnetospheric science
Status
Success
Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Geocentric
Duration
Planned: 5 years Final:

Why it happened

Cluster II flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of ESA's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Four-spacecraft mission studying Earth’s magnetic environment.

Results

Four-spacecraft mission studying Earth’s magnetic environment.

Related missions

Cluster II IMAGE — same_target IMAGE Chandra X-ray Observatory — same_target Chandra X-ray… FUSE — same_target FUSE Terra — same_target Terra

IMAGE

Success

United States · 2000

FUSE

Success

United States · 1999

Terra

Success

United States · 1999

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog