TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer)

NASA's third SMEX (Small Explorer) spacecraft. TRACE carried a 30-cm extreme ultraviolet imaging telescope, with a field of view of 8.5 arcminutes and a resolution of 1 arcsecond, for studies of the Sun. It was placed in a sun-synchronous orbit, enabling it to make continuous solar observations.

launch date	Apr. 2, 1998
launch vehicle	Pegasus XL
launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base
orbit	602 × 652 km × 97.8°
mass	250 kg

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