WMAP

Launch Details
Launched 29 June 2001
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner United States
NORAD ID 26859
COSPAR ID 2001-027A
Alternative names MAP
WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE
Observing

Timeline

2001 Apr 20 Arrival at Kennedy Space Center
2001 Jun 30 Launch from Kennedy Space Center
2001 Jul 2 Start of in-flight testing
2001 Aug 17 Start of scientific operations
2002 Apr Completion of first all-sky observation
2003 Feb 11 Publication of first year results
2006 Mar 17 Publication of three-year results
2008 Feb 28 Publication of five-year results
2010 Jan 26 Publication of seven-year results
2010 Oct Spacecraft moved from L2 to heliocentric orbit
2010 Oct 28 Spacecraft decommissioned
2012 Dec 20 Publication of nine-year results

Launched alongside

DELTA 2 R/B

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San Diego

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32.72°N
117.16°W
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