MMS 3

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MMS 3 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40484

Int'l Code: 2015-011C

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   26249.25002315 -.00002210  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 40484  72.9452 347.8234 8262582 169.2260 287.4929  0.28319596  1398

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC