MMS 4

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MMS 4 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40485

Int'l Code: 2015-011D

Perigee: 2,280.7 km

Apogee: 180,585.5 km

Inclination: 46.0 °

Period: 5,073.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 97804 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   24138.91667824 -.00000183  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 40485  45.9800  13.6948 9115401 144.5685 274.2539  0.28383591  1309

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC