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MMS

ResourceID
spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/MMS

Description

MMS consists of four identical spacecraft that orbit around Earth through the dynamic
magnetic system surrounding our planet to study a little-understood phenomenon called
magnetic reconnection.
* MMS was launched on March 12, 2015.
* MMS includes 4 identically instrumented MMS spacecraft fly in an adjustable pyramid-like formation that enables them to observe microphysics processes like electron diffusion region, three-dimensional structure of magnetic reconnection, complex thin current structures, and more.

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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/MMS
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
MMS
AlternateName
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
ReleaseDate
2019-03-01 20:05:54Z
Description

MMS consists of four identical spacecraft that orbit around Earth through the dynamic
magnetic system surrounding our planet to study a little-understood phenomenon called
magnetic reconnection.
* MMS was launched on March 12, 2015.
* MMS includes 4 identically instrumented MMS spacecraft fly in an adjustable pyramid-like formation that enables them to observe microphysics processes like electron diffusion region, three-dimensional structure of magnetic reconnection, complex thin current structures, and more.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/Thomas.E.Moore
InformationURL
Name
MMS home at NASA
URL
https://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
InformationURL
Name
Tooley, C.R., Black, R.K., Robertson, B.P. et al. The Magnetospheric Multiscale Constellation. Space Sci Rev 199, 23–76 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s112.4.115-0220-5
URL
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s112.4.115-0220-5
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2015-03-12 00:00:00