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NASA’s MMS Satellite Constellation Blasts to Orbit to Study Explosive Magnetic Reconnection
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, March 12, 2015, Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer- kenkremer.com
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s constellation of state-of-the-art magnetospheric science satellites successfully rocketed to orbit late Thursday night, March 12, during a spectacular nighttime launch on a mission to unravel the mysteries of the process known as magnetic reconnection.
The $1.1 Billion Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is comprised (…)
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/119373/nasas-mms-satellite-constellation-blasts-to-orbit-to-study-explosive-magnetic-reconnection/
