Magnetospheric Multiscale constellation spacecraft
MMS is NASA’s active four-spacecraft Magnetospheric Multiscale constellation, launched in 2015 to investigate magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetosphere and the Sun–Earth space environment.
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Identity
- Family Name
- MMS
- Full Name
- Magnetospheric Multiscale constellation spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- MMS is NASA’s active four-spacecraft Magnetospheric Multiscale constellation, launched in 2015 to investigate magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetosphere and the Sun–Earth space environment.
- First Flight Year
- 2,015
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mms/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:57:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 16:01:34 UTC