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MMS Instruments Suite

Table of Contents

  1. MMS Instruments Suite
  2. Instrument Suite Development for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
  3. MMS Overview

Instrument Suite Development for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

MMS Overview

File:Untitled.png? Mission Team

  • NASA SMD
    • Southwest Research Institute
    • Science Leadership
    • Instrument Suite
    • Science Operations Center
    • Science Data Analysis
  • NASA GSFC
    • Project Management
    • Mission System Engineering
    • Spacecraft
    • Mission Operations Center
  • NASA KSC
    • Launch services

Mission Status: Currently in Phase C/D Launch in 2014

  • Science Objectives
    • Discover the fundamental plasma physics process of

reconnection in the Earth’s magnetosphere

  • Temporal scales of milliseconds to seconds
  • Spatial scales of 10s to 100s of km
  • Mission Description
    • 4 identical satellites
    • Formation flying in a tetrahedron with separations as close as 10 km
    • 2 year operational mission
  • Orbit
    • Elliptical Earth orbits in 2 phases
    • Phase 1 day side of magnetic field 1.2 RE by 12 RE
    • Phase 2 night side of magnetic field 1.2 RE by 25 RE
    • Significant orbit adjust and formation maintenance
  • Instruments
    • Identical in situ instruments on each satellite measure
    • Electric and magnetic fields
    • Fast plasma with composition
    • Energetic particles
    • Hot plasma composition
  • Spacecraft
    • Spin stabilized at 3 RPM
    • Magnetic and electrostatic cleanliness
  • Launch Vehicle
    • 4 satellites launched together in one Atlas V