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 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: Explorer 73 Short_Name: SMEX/TRACE Short_Name: Small Explorer/TRACE Short_Name: 25280 Short_Name: 1998-020A End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: TRACE IMAGING TELESCOPE End_Group 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 End_Group 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 End_Group End_Group
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NASA Small Explorer (SMEX)