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This was supplied by the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. The instrument used twin electrostatic analysers to measure the ion distribution over the energy range from 10 eV/q to 20 keV/q. It could be commanded to operate in a variety of modes: (i) to measure the solar-wind distribution (SW data), which is beam-like because ion thermal velocities are generally less than the bulk velocity of the solar wind; (ii) to measure the full three-dimensional ion distribution (FTR or "fine time resolution" data), which is more suitable for the hot plasma in the magnetosphere where flow velocities are small; (iii) to apply these two modes in alternate spins (e.g. for measurements in the boundary layer). The instrument had sufficient resolution to be able to make any of these different measurements within a spin period. Full details are available in the following paper:
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