The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center

Abstract

The primary purpose of the Tandem Reconnection And Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Science Operations Center (SOC) is to ensure that the data necessary to achieve the TRACERS science goals are acquired, processed, and distributed to the scientific community. The SOC role in data acquisition is to facilitate science instrument planning and operations, through a weekly commanding cycle. Data processing includes generation of Level 0 and Level 1 data products, creation of Spacecraft Planet Instrument Camera-matrix Events (SPICE) kernels to provide spacecraft ephemerides and coordinate transforms for the mission, and ensuring consistency of all Level 2+ products produced by the individual instrument teams. Data distribution is undertaken in two ways. First, by hosting TRACERS data products on a public web portal during the active mission, and second by preparing mission data for transfer to the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) for long-term archiving.