Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
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The Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission is a NASA space mission using four identical spacecraft flying in formation to study the microphysics of magnetic reconnection, energetic particle acceleration, and turbulence in Earth's magnetosphere.
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NASA space mission
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heliophysics mission ⓘ |
| acronym | MMS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellationConfiguration | tetragonal pyramid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataPolicy | publicly available scientific data ⓘ |
| dataUse |
improve space weather understanding
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study fundamental plasma processes ⓘ |
| formationFlying | true ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
MMS 1
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MMS 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ MMS 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ MMS 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
Energetic Particle Detector
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FIELDS suite NERFINISHED ⓘ Fast Plasma Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2015-03-13 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 421 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionPhase |
dayside magnetopause reconnection studies
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nightside magnetotail reconnection studies ⓘ |
| missionType | science mission ⓘ |
| numberOfSpacecraft | 4 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitType | highly elliptical Earth orbit ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | study magnetic reconnection microphysics ⓘ |
| program | NASA Solar Terrestrial Probes program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchArea |
Earth magnetosphere
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energetic particle acceleration ⓘ magnetic reconnection ⓘ plasma turbulence ⓘ |
| scienceDiscipline |
heliophysics
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space plasma physics ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | identical spacecraft ⓘ |
| sponsor | NASA Heliophysics Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| studiesRegion |
magnetopause
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magnetotail ⓘ radiation belts ⓘ |
| target | Earth magnetosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMeasurement |
high-time-resolution field measurements
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high-time-resolution particle measurements ⓘ |
| website | https://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ⓘ |
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