Trace Company Profile

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Company Name	Trace
Website	trace.lmsal.com
Snippet	Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) was a NASA heliophysics and solar observatory designed to investigate the connections between fine-scale magnetic fields and the associated plasma structures on the Sun by providing high resolution images and observation of the solar photosphere, the transition region, and the corona. A main focus of the TRACE instrument is the fine structure of coronal loops low in the solar atmosphere. TRACE is the fourth spacecraft in the Small Explorer program, launched on April 2, 1998, and obtained its last science image on 21 June 2010 23:56 UT.[6]
Name	TRACE Imaging Telescope
RAAN	89.297°
Type	Cassegrain[2]
Epoch	September 10, 2015, 19:19:29[5]
Names	Explorer-73, SMEX-4
Power	220 W[3]
Period	95.3667 min
Regime	Sun synchronous
Rocket	Pegasus XL
Website	trace.lmsal.com
Diameter	30 cm (12 in)[2]
Disposal	Decommissioned
Operator	NASA / GSFC
COSPAR ID	1998-020A
Contractor	Orbital Sciences
Dimensions	1.9 × 1.1 m (6.2 × 3.6 ft)[2]
Resolution	1 arcsec[2]
SATCAT no.	25280
Deactivated	21 June 2010
Inclination	97.5325°
Launch date	April 2, 1998, 02:43:23 (1998-04-02UTC02:43:23Z) UTC[4]
Launch mass	250 kg (551 lb)[2]
Launch site	Stargazer, Vandenberg AFB
Mean motion	15.1 rev/day
Wavelengths	Ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet[2]
Eccentricity	0.00267
Focal length	8.66 m (28.4 ft)[2]
Manufacturer	NASA / GSFC Lockheed Martin[2]
Mean anomaly	32.1161°
Mission type	Heliophysics
Revolution no.	95290
Apogee altitude	554.5 km (344.6 mi)
Entered service	April 20, 1998[2]
Semi-major axis	6,914.2 km (4,296.3 mi)
Mission duration	Planned: 1 year Final: 12 years, 2 months and 19 days[1]
Perigee altitude	517.6 km (321.6 mi)
Reference system	Geocentric
Argument of perigee	91.5219°

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