TIDE Radiation Belt L-Shell cut-offs start stop N.Pole- Equator S.Pole- Equator mm/dd/yy mm/dd/yy Equator -S.Pole Equator -N.Pole 03/15/96 10/20/98 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 10/21/98 12/01/98 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 12/02/98 12/03/98 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 12/04/98 12/05/98 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 12/06/98 12/06/98 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 12/07/98 12/11/98 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 12/12/98 01/26/99 7.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 01/27/99 10/30/01 7.00 6.00 6.00 7.00 10/24/01 10/26/01 5.00 6.00 6.00 7.00 10/31/01 11/03/01 5.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 11/04/01 11/05/01 4.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 11/06/01 11/13/01 5.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 11/14/01 11/15/01 4.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 11/16/01 11/16/01 4.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 11/17/01 11/19/01 5.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 11/20/01 08/14/03 4.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 08/15/03 09/02/03 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 09/03/03 08/06/04 4.00 5.00 6.50 7.00 08/07/04 10/20/04 4.00 5.00 7.00 7.00 10/21/04 07/14/05 4.00 5.00 7.50 7.00 07/15/05 08/24/06 6.00 6.00 7.50 6.50 08/25/06 present 6.50 6.50 7.50 6.50