The ELFIN Mission

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The ELFIN Mission V. Angelopoulos1,2 · E. Tsai1,2 · L. Bingley1,2 · C. Shaffer1,3 · D.L. Turner1,4 · A. Runov1,2 · W. Li1,2,5 · J. Liu1,2 · A.V. Artemyev1,2 · X.-J. Zhang1,2 · R.J. Strangeway1,2 · R.E. Wirz6 · Y.Y. Shprits1,7 · V.A. Sergeev8 · R.P. Caron1,2 · M. Chung1,4 · P. Cruce1,9 · W. Greer1,2 · E. Grimes1,2 · K. Hector1,2,10 · M.J. Lawson1,2 · D. Leneman1,2 · E.V. Masongsong1,2 · C.L. Russell1,2 · C. Wilkins1,2 · D. Hinkley11 · J.B. Blake11 · N. Adair1,2,12 · M. Allen1,2,9 · M. Anderson1,2,13 · M. Arreola-Zamora1,2 · J. Artinger1,2,14 · J. Asher1,2,4 · D. Branchevsky1,2,11 · M.R. Capitelli1,2,12 · R. Castro1,2,10 · G. Chao1,2,15 · N. Chung1,2,16 · M. Cliffe1,2,17 · K. Colton1,2,18 · C. Costello1,2,19 · D. Depe1,2,20 · B.W. Domae1,2,20 · S. Eldin1,2,20 · L. Fitzgibbon1,2,3 · A. Flemming1,2,9 · I. Fox1,2,6 · D.M. Frederick1,2,12 · A. Gilbert1,2,20 · A. Gildemeister1,2,9 · A. Gonzalez1,2,17 · B. Hesford1,2,21 · S. Jha1,2,19 · N. Kang1,2,12 · J. King1,2,19 · R. Krieger1,2,22 · K. Lian1,2,9 · J. Mao1,2,23 · E. McKinney1,2,24 · J.P. Miller1,2,19 · A. Norris1 · M. Nuesca1,2,19 · A. Palla1,2,19 · E.S.Y. Park1,2,25 · C.E. Pedersen1,2,6 · Z. Qu1,2,6 · R. Rozario1,2,17 · E. Rye1,2,20 · R. Seaton1,2,6 · A. Subramanian1,2,9 · S.R. Sundin1,2,3 · A. Tan1,2,26 · W. Turner1,2,14 · A.J. Villegas1,2,14 · M. Wasden1,2,6 · G. Wing1,2,19 · C. Wong1,2,14 · E. Xie1,2,20 · S. Yamamoto1,2,6 · R. Yap1,2,27 · A. Zarifian1,2,21 · G.Y. Zhang1,2,28 Received: 2 April 2020 / Accepted: 9 July 2020 © The Author(s) 2020

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B V. Angelopoulos 1

Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

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Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

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Present address: Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA 92618, USA

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Present address: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA

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Present address: Department of Astronomy and Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany

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Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

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Present address: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, USA

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Abstract The Electron Loss and Fields Investigation with a Spatio-Temporal AmbiguityResolving option (ELFIN-STAR, or heretoforth simply: ELFIN) mission comprises two identical 3-Unit (3U) Cu