MMS 1

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MMS 1 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40482

Int'l Code: 2015-011A

Perigee: 2,253.1 km

Apogee: 180,249.8 km

Inclination: 45.9 °

Period: 5,059.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 97622 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 13, 2015
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) is a Solar-Terrestrial Probe mission comprising four identically instrumented spin-stabilized spacecraft to discover the fundamental physics of magnetic reconnection using Earth's magnetosphere as a laboratory. The MMS spacecraft are being developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. GSFC is also responsible for the overall management of the MMS mission and mission operations. The mission is to be launched in October 2014 and will have an duration of two years (Prime Mission) + 6 months (launch, checkout, commissioning).

1 40482U 15011A   24132.25001157 -.00000970  00000-0  00000+0 0  9995
2 40482  45.8604  13.9563 9116582 144.3407 312.4514  0.28462833 15270

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC