The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) is a NASA Small Explorer
(SMEX) mission to image the solar corona and transition region at high angular
and temporal resolution.
TRACE was launched on a Pegasus launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base
in April 1998. The launch was scheduled to allow joint observations with SOHO
during the rising phase of the solar cycle to sunspot maximum. No transition
region or coronal imager has witnessed the onset and rise of a solar cycle.
For more information, see:
http://trace.lmsal.com/
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: TRACE
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Solar/Space Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: NASA Small Explorer (SMEX)
Short_Name: TRACE
Long_Name: Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: Explorer 73
Short_Name: SMEX/TRACE
Short_Name: Small Explorer/TRACE
Short_Name: 25280
Short_Name: 1998-020A
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: TRACE IMAGING TELESCOPE
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 700 km
Orbit_Inclination: 97.84 degrees
Period: 95.48 m
Perigee: 520.0 km
Apogee: 547.2 km
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2008-01-17
Online_Resource: http://trace.lmsal.com/
Online_Resource: http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Sample_Image: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/spacecraft/trace.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1998-04-02
Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA
Primary_Sponsor: Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Labs
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