Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Hi Res solar imaging. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1998-020; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 April 1998, 02:42:39 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Orbital ATK Pegasus rocket launched the TRACE mission on Thursday, April 2, 1998 at 2:42 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Orbital ATK
- Vehicle
- Pegasus
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1998-020
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Apr 2, 1998, 02:42 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Apr 02 1998
- Pad and location
- Stargazer L-1011, Vandenberg SFB
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 21 June 2010
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
TRACE
Hi Res solar imaging.
- GCAT ID
- S25280
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 250 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.6 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 2.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from TRACE.
Verification
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