Concept information
Preferred term
MC
Definition
- The Magnetospheric Constellation (MC) mission will answer: "How does the dynamic magnetotail store, transport, and release matter and energy?" Overview: - A constellation of 50 small satellites distributed in 3x7 Re to 3x40 Re, low inclination, nested orbits. - "Nearest neighbor" average spacing 1.0-2.0 RE between satellites, in the domain of the near-Earth plasma sheet. Additional information available at "http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/mc/mc.htm" [Summary provided by NASA.] (en)
Broader concept
- M - O (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/1b9aa220-a09f-478a-8068-27acd9997da2
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