Project Cusp is designed to advance the common understanding of cusp region space physics through coordinated experimental and theoretical research using ground based instruments, modeling, sounding rocket investigations, and satellite based instruments.
Project Mesosphere / Lower Thermosphere (M/LT) is designed to study the region with new techniques in both sounding rockets and remote sensing instruments. Recent theoretical and modelling developments allow for study of dynamic processes on a large range of scales – including the potential impact of small scale processes on a global scale.