MMS 2

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MMS 2 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40483

Int'l Code: 2015-011B

Perigee: 2,306.0 km

Apogee: 180,892.9 km

Inclination: 46.1 °

Period: 5,086.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 97970 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 40483U 15011B   24139.91668981 -.00000099  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 40483  46.0570  13.5762 9114329 144.7271  16.3984  0.28311342  1301

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC