MMS 3

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MMS 3 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40484

Int'l Code: 2015-011C

Perigee: 2,356.2 km

Apogee: 179,785.8 km

Inclination: 29.1 °

Period: 5,045.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 97441 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 40484U 15011C   23146.74297731 -.00000329  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 40484  29.0816  66.4288 9104371  93.9176  29.7119  0.28541955 14027

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC