NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TRACE

Launch Time
Thu Apr 02, 1998 02:42 UTC

Rocket

Pegasus XL
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 561 kN
Payload to LEO: 443 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 17.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.15 m
Fairing Height: 2.13 m

Mission Details

TRACE

Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) was a NASA heliophysics and solar observatory designed to investigate the connections between fine-scale magnetic fields and the associated plasma structures on the Sun by providing high resolution images and observation of the solar photosphere, the transition region, and the corona.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 250.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1998

21st orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

21st mission
2nd mission of 1998
16th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission