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MMS 3

NORAD 40484· COSPAR 2015-011C· ISS / Science· HEO
Launch
Launched on Mar 13, 2015 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 421.
Atlas V 421 | MMS
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:00 UTC
Orbit class
HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Launched
Mar 13, 2015
Mass
Apogee
172,414 km
Perigee
10,656 km
Inclination
72.91°
Period
3.53 d

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MMS 3 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Raising
Change
+40.1 km
Rate
+0.39 km/day
Now
10656 × 172414 km
917641737209808May 28Sep 9
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2015-011 (Atlas V 421 | MMS).

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