MMS 1

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MMS 1 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40482

Int'l Code: 2015-011A

Perigee: 5,320.3 km

Apogee: 176,690.4 km

Inclination: 23.6 °

Period: 5,040.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 97376 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   20019.61597222 -.00002196 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9991
2 40482 023.6146 120.3119 8799372 017.6135 156.6419 00.28570819010820

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC