MMS 4

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MMS 4 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 40485

Int'l Code: 2015-011D

Perigee: 2,253.9 km

Apogee: 180,500.6 km

Inclination: 45.9 °

Period: 5,069.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 97748 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   24133.66667824 -.00000911  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 40485  45.8926  13.8732 9117646 144.4139  97.2841  0.28407928  1373

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC