TRACE
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The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer NASA pioneering solar high-resolution imaging mission (forerunner to SDO) developed by Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, USA, using extreme-UV imaging systems in selected wavelengths to observe the solar corona.

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Artist rendition of TRACE spacecraft over the earth

​​TRACE spacecraft ​

 

​RAL Space Involvement
Scientific input to the mission including operations planning in parallel with the The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)​ mission activities

Subject
Solar Physics

Main Objectives
To study the connections between magnetic fields & the associated plasma structures on the Sun.

Launch Date
1 Apr 1998

Partners
Lockheed Palo Alto, USA.

Further Project Information


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For more information please contact: RAL Space Enquiries

Contact: RAL Space Enquiries