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Atlas 5 set to launch Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Monday, March 9, 2015 13:30
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Image credit: Spaceflight Now
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) – a stack of four identical satellites sat atop the Atlas 5 rocket, is set for launch this Thursday.
The four satellite will examine the Earth’s magnetosphere, one of its missions is to study the microphysics of magnetic reconnection, where magnetic fields connect and disconnect explosively.
Spaceflight Now reports Details of the launch and missions.
MMS mission overview (YouTube)
Source: https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/atlas-5-set-to-launch-magnetospheric-multiscale-mission/
