Spacecraft provided by Rocket Lab USA https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
Twin ~180 kg (dry mass) Spacecraft (named “BLUE”& ”GOLD”)
•Rocket Lab Photon Bus
•Fixed solar arrays
•2.0 m boom (EMAG & mNLP)
•60 cm fixed antenna
•Continuous in situ data collection.
•Cadence, instrument modes, data products, and orientation optimized for collection above and below 1000 km.
Credit: Rocket Lab USA Inc.
Animation of ESCAPADE periapsis pass. The green cone is the field-of-view of the EESA electrostatic analyzer instrument, to measure ions and electrons.