MMS Spacecraft Transition to Tetrahedral Flying Formation
This movie illustrates two orbits of the four MMS spacecraft.
In the latter half of July 2015, the four satellites of the Magnetosphere Multi-scale (MMS) mission move into their tetrahedral formation flying configuration as part of the checkout for the science phase of the mission.
During this phase, the four spacecraft will have their orbits adjusted to eventually bring them to within about ten kilometers of each other .
Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Writer
- Karen Fox (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Thomas Moore (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, July 29, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.
Missions
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Simulated MMS Ephemeris
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Magnetic Field Lines (Luhmann-Friesen) [Luhmann-Friesen Magnetosphere Model (1979)]
ID: 615Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Aug. 1, 1979, p. 4405-4408
This dataset can be found at: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979JGR....84.4405L
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