Satellite TIMED (Thermosphere • Ionosphere • Mesosphere • Energetics and Dynamics) of NASA/Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names TIMED (Thermosphere • Ionosphere • Mesosphere • Energetics and Dynamics)
Country of Operator/Owner USA
Operator/Owner NASA/Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins
Users Government/Civil
Purpose Astrophysics
Class of Orbit LEO
Type of Orbit Intermediate
Longitude of GEO (degrees) 0
Perigee (km) 612
Apogee (km) 613
Eccentricity 7.16075904045829E-05
Inclination (degrees) 74.1
Period (minutes) 97
Launch Mass (kg.) 587
Dry Mass (kg.)
Power (watts) 406
Date of Launch 07-12-2001
Expected Lifetime 2 yrs.
Contractor Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins
Country of Contractor USA
Launch Site Vandenberg AFB
Launch Vehicle Delta 2
COSPAR Number 2001-055B
NORAD Number 26998
Comments Study influences of the sun and humans on the least explored and understood region of Earth´s atmosphere – the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere/Ionosphere (MLTI).

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