Diagram of MMS Orbits for Different Phases (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Diagram of MMS Orbits for Different Phases

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This diagram of MMS orbits for different phases compared to orbits of GPS satellites shows the unique way MMS uses GPS. Because MMS flies above the orbit of GPS satellites, the MMS spacecraft receive their GPS signals from the opposite side of Earth.

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