MMS 4

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MMS 4 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40485

Int'l Code: 2015-011D

Perigee: 9,459.4 km

Apogee: 173,603.7 km

Inclination: 71.1 °

Period: 5,081.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 97902 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 40485U 15011D   26095.33335648 -.00001288  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40485  71.1413 349.8068 8383046 165.8603  67.0135  0.28340799  1307

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC