| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Salsa (part of Cluster quartet, Cluster 2 FM6) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | ESA |
| Operator/Owner | European Space Agency (and 250 international scientific investigators) |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Space Physics |
| Class of Orbit | Elliptical |
| Type of Orbit | Deep Highly Eccentric |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 16809 |
| Apogee (km) | 120768 |
| Eccentricity | 0.691598422001503 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 90.7 |
| Period (minutes) | 3418.2 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 1200 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 478 |
| Power (watts) | 220 |
| Date of Launch | 16-07-2000 |
| Expected Lifetime | 4 yrs. |
| Contractor | Dornier Systems (Astrium) and 35 subcontractors |
| Country of Contractor | International |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Soyuz |
| COSPAR Number | 2000-041A |
| NORAD Number | 26410 |
| Comments | Collection of four spacecraft flying in formation around the earth, relaying detailed information about solar wind´s affect on our planet in three dimensions. |