NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

WMAP

Launch Time
Sat Jun 30, 2001 19:46 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7425-10C
Image Credit: ULA
Boeing
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,020 kN
Payload to GTO: 1,073 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 38.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 8.9 m

Mission Details

WMAP

The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), originally known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP), is a spacecraft that measured temperature differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Built by the NASA and the NRAO.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 835.0 kg
Earth-Moon L2

Location

SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2001

27th orbital launch attempt

Delta II

97th mission
4th mission of 2001
95th successful mission
42nd consecutive successful mission