Designation
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Spacetrack catalog number
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25280
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COSPAR ID
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1998-020-A
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Name in Spacetrack catalog
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TRACE
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Satellite Details
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Orbit
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439 x 457 km, 97.4°
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| Category | unknown |
| Country/organisation of origin | United States |
| Intrinsic brightness (Magnitude) | 6.2 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated) | | Maximum brightness (Magnitude) | 2.6 (at perigee, 100% illuminated) |
Launch
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Date
(UTC)
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02 April 1998 02:42
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| Launch site | Vandenberg Space Force Base,
United States |
| Launch vehicle | Pegasus XL |
Description
| Transition Region and Coronal Explorer. NASA's third Small Explorer satellite, this is a solar observatory with an extreme ultra-violet telescope. |
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