WMAP

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

19:46:00

Saturday June 30, 2001

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Mission Details

WMAP

Wiki

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.

Earth-Moon L2

1 Payload

835 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta II 7425-10C

Active in 2001

United Launch Alliance logo

Manufacturer

ULA

Rocket

Height: 38.9m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 1,073 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,020 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 8.9m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

SLC-17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

Stats

Delta II


97th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2001

2001


27th

Orbital launch attempt