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Magnetospheric Multi Scale (MMS) Patching Story for DARPA AMP CollaborationNASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft are part of a robotic space mission
that studies the Earth's magnetosphere. Launched in March 2015, MMS consists of four
identical spacecraft that fly in a tetrahedral formation. The spacecraft gather
information about the microphysics of magnetic reconnection including turbulence and
energetic particle acceleration ⁠—processes common in many astrophysical plasmas.
Document ID
20210018141
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Gilberto Alves Vicente
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
July 1, 2021
Publication Date
August 1, 2021
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Computer Programming And Software
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 199008.02.04.58.DI34.21
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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