2.2.0 spase://SMWG/Observatory/DoubleStar1 Double Star 1 2003-061A Tan Ce1 TC 1 28140 2019-05-05T12:34:56Z Double Star 1 (also known as Tan Ce 1, and TC 1) is a Sino-European (CSNA-ESA) satellite that was launched by a Long March 2C/SM rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the Sichuan province of China (PRC) at 19:06 UT on 29 December 2003. The 330 kg, 260 W satellite is cylindrical, with a diameter of 2.1 m, a height of 1.4 m, and spins at a rate of 15 rpm. It carries eight instruments to probe Earth's magnetosphere, five from ESA and three from CNSA. (The ESA instruments are legacies from ESA's Cluster mission.) The data from all instruments will be stored on-board and dumped over three grounds stations: Shanghai and Beijing in China, and Villafranca in Spain. There will be coordination between the Cluster and Double Star missions. spase://SMWG/Person/Christophe.Philippe.Escoubet ProjectScientist NSSDC's Master Catalog https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2003-061A Information about the Double Star 1 mission Double Star Mission Overview http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Double_Star_overview2 Detailed information about the Double Star Mission. Double Star Mission European Space Agency Homepage http://sci.esa.int/double-star/ Detailed information about the Double Star Mission. Double Star Mission Annales Geophysicae Article https://www.ann-geophys.net/23/2707/2005/ Detailed information about the Double Star Mission. spase://SMWG/Observatory/DoubleStar Earth.Magnetosphere.Main