MMS 1

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MMS 1 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40482

Int'l Code: 2015-011A

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   26228.33335648 -.00001874  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 40482  72.7738 348.0823 8289151 168.6914 314.2313  0.28164031  1363

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC