This paper describes the apogee-raising campaign of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, where the spacecraft increased their apogee radii from 12 to 25 Earth radii in a total of 98 maneuvers. These maneuvers included an initial formation resize set to spread the spacecraft apart for safety, 32 apogee-raise delta-v maneuvers, their associated slews, four perigee-raise maneuvers and the associated slews, and finally a set of maneuvers to get back into formation. These activities were all accomplished successfully and on schedule with no anomalies, and at a fuel consumption somewhat less than predicted. As a result, MMS was set up ready to carry out in situ studies of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail, with sufficient fuel remaining for a significant extended mission.


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    Title :

    Results of the Apogee-Raising Campaign of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2017 ; Stevenson, WA, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-08-20


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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