TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetic Dynamics satellite)

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TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetic Dynamics satellite)

The first science mission in NASA's Solar Connections Program; it is managed for NASA by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. TIMED is designed to investigate Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere, at a height of 100 to 290 km – the least explored and understood region of our atmosphere.

launch date	Dec. 7, 2001
launch vehicle	Delta 7920
launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base
orbit	625 km × 74.1°
mass	587 kg

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