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Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE or Explorer 71) is a NASA Explorer program satellite and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Advanced Composition Explorer | Apogee altitude | 150,550,000 km (93,550,000 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Bus | ACE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Contractor | McDonnell Douglas | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | COSPAR ID | 1997-045A | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Dimensions | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in diameter 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) in length wingspan of 8.3 m (27 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Dry mass | 562 kg (1,239 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Entered service | 12 December 1997 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Inclination | ~0° | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Launch date | 25 August 1997, 14:39:00 UTC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Launch mass | 757 kg (1,669 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-17A | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Manufacturer | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 28 years, 11 months and 30 days (in progress) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Mission type | Solar research | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Names | Explorer 71 ACE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Operator | NASA | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Perigee altitude | 145,700,000 km (90,500,000 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Period | 1 year | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Power | 444 watts | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Reference system | Heliocentric orbit | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Regime | Lissajous orbit | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Rocket | Delta II 7920-8 D-247 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | SATCAT no. | 24912 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Spacecraft | Explorer LXXI | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Spacecraft type | Advanced Composition Explorer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | Website | www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE/ | 1.00 | infobox |
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