Magnetospheric Multiscale
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission uses four identically instrumented spacecraft flying in formation to study magnetic reconnection where the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere interact.
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Identity
- Aliases
- MMSMagnetospheric Multiscale Mission
- Name
- Magnetospheric Multiscale
- Status
- active
Details
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- Description
- NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission uses four identically instrumented spacecraft flying in formation to study magnetic reconnection where the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere interact.
- Destination
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit in a four-spacecraft tetrahedral formation for three-dimensional measurements of magnetic reconnection where the solar wind meets Earth’s magnetosphere
- Launch Site
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2015-03-13
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mms/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 09:03:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 08:00:26 UTC
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