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The Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) was the first Applications Explorer Mission. HCMM provided comprehensive accurate high-spatial-resolution thermal surveys of the surface of the Earth.HCCM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on April 26 1978 by a Scout-F rocket. Its mass was 117.0 kilograms (257.9 lb).The HCMM spacecraft was placed in a circular sun-synchronous orbit allowing the spacecraft to sense surface temperatures near the maximum and minimum of the diurnal cycle.
