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    TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetic Dynamics satellite)

    TIMED
    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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