TIMED
| TIMED | |
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| Type: | Research satellite |
| Country: |
 United States
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| Operator: | NASA |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2001-055B |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 660 kg |
| Begin: | December 7, 2001, 3:07 pm UTC |
| Starting place: | Vandenberg SLC-2W |
| Launcher: | Delta II 7920-10 |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 96.7 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 74.1 ° |
| Apogee height : | 615 km |
| Perigee height : | 612 km |
The mission TIMED ( english T hermosphere I onosphere M esosphere E nergetics and D ynamics) is a project to the dynamics in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere of the Earth's atmosphere to study.
The 660 kg satellite was launched with Jason 1 aboard a Delta 7920 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on December 7, 2001. The mission was planned for a length of two years, but was extended several times, most recently in October 2010 through 2014. The project is funded and managed by NASA , whereas the satellite is designed and designed by the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland was built.
Web links
- TIMED homepage (English)
- Factsheet (PDF, English; 239 kB)
- Mission Guide (PDF, 22 pages, 1 MB, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ path data by Chris Peat: TIMED - Orbit. In: Heavans Above. April 12, 2012, accessed April 13, 2012 .
- ^ APL-led Atmospheric Mission Extended for Fourth Time. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, November 1, 2010, accessed April 13, 2012 .