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Magnetospheric Constellation Project Description
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.] |
