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Cluster helps to protect astronauts and satellites against 'killer electrons'
 
22 December 2005

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Artist impression of the Cluster quartet
Artist's impression of the ESA Cluster mission, with four spacecraft flying in formation above Earth.

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The magnetosphere - a natural protective bubble
This image shows the main regions of the magnetosphere which are being studied by Cluster.
 
 
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