The Solar Polar Observing Constellation (SPOC) Mission: research and operational monitoring of space weather from polar heliocentric orbits

Thomas E Berger1, Natasha Bosanac2, Thomas Raymond Smith3, Nicole A Duncan4, Gordon Wu5, Eric Turner5, Neal Hurlburt6 and Clarence Korendyke7, (1)University of Colorado, Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, Boulder, United States, (4)Ball Aerospace Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Ball Aerospace Corporation, Boulder, United States, (6)Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, United States, (7)Naval Research Laboratory, Alexandria, VA, United States