THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE LOSS THROUGH AURORAL MICROBURST PULSATIONS (LAMP) SOUNDING ROCKET MISSION IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF HOW AURORAL MICROBURSTS ARE RELATED SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY TO OPTICAL SIGNATURES OF PULSATING AURORA. TO ACHIEVE THIS THE LAMP PAYLOAD WILL TRANSIT A REGION OF PULSATING AURORA OUTFITTED WITH INSTRUMENTS THAT PROVIDE A HIGH CADENCE OF FUNDAMENTAL OBSERVATIONS TO QUANTITATIVELY CHARACTERIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MICROBURSTS AND PULSATING AURORA. THE MISSION WILL BE LED BY DR. SARAH JONES (GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER) AND FLY IN AN FY20 LAUNCH FROM POKER FLAT RESEARCH RANGE (PFRR WINTER OF 2019/20).

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