MMS 2

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MMS 2 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40483

Int'l Code: 2015-011B

Perigee: 2,274.0 km

Apogee: 180,559.9 km

Inclination: 46.0 °

Period: 5,072.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 97787 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   24138.91667824 -.00000183  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 40483  45.9736  13.6897 9115948 144.5725 274.2467  0.28390627 15267

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC