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Satellite:
MMS-C
Satellite details
Acronym
MMS-C
Full name
Magnetospheric MultiScale mission - C
Satellite Description
3rd unit of the cluster of 4 satellites traveling in the Magnetosphere at short reciprocal distance. Satellites named after the Beatles: John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Main mission: Space weather, specifically in the Magnetosphere.
Highly elliptical orbit, perigee 7,650 km, apogee 159,300 km.
Mass at launch
1250 kg
Dry mass
890 kg
Power
318 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from the Science Operations Center (SOC) of LASP (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics), Colorado University, Boulder.
Orbit
Cross-magnetosphere orbit
Altitude
Inclination
28
°
Space agency
NASA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
27 April 2015: STS Camera Head C operating in degraded state
Launch
13 Mar 2015
EOL
≥2022
Last update:
2022-01-03
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
MMS-C
Acronym
Full name
EDI
Electron Drift Instrument
SCM
Search Coil Magnetometer
DP
Double Probes
AFG
Analog Fluxgate Magnetometer
FPI
Fast Plasma Instrument
HPCA
Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer
FEEPS
Fly's Eye Energetic Particle Sensor
EIS
Energetic Ion Spectrometer
DFG
Digital Fluxgate Magnetometer
ASPOC
Active Spacecraft Potential Control Devices
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
MMS-C
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed