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TIMED

TIMED

TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetic Dynamics satellite) is 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 kilometers – 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