Category:TRACE

**Transition Region and Coronal Explorer**
	former NASA space observatory
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Instance of	space telescope; solar observatory; former entity;
Part of	Explorers Program (73); Small Explorer program (4);
Location	United States;
Country of origin	United States;
Operator	National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Start point	Stargazer (Vandenberg Space Force Base);
Manufacturer	Goddard Space Flight Center (spacecraft); Lockheed Martin Space (ultraviolet telescope);
Space launch vehicle	Pegasus-XL (F21);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	2 April 1998 (02:42:39);
Type of orbit	Sun-synchronous orbit;
Significant event	rocket launch (Vandenberg Space Force Base, 1998); service entry (1998); spacecraft retirement (2010); atmospheric entry (2025);
Powered by	spacecraft solar array (220 watt, 4, gallium arsenide); nickel–cadmium battery (9 ampere-hour);
Mass	250 kilogram (launch weight);
Diameter	1.1 m;
Length	1.9 m;
Follows	Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (Explorers Program, 72); Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (Small Explorer program, 3);
Followed by	Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (Explorers Program, 74); Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (Small Explorer program, 5);
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