Status
Success
WMAP
Launch Time
Sat Jun 30, 2001 19:46 UTC
Sat Jun 30, 2001 19:46 UTC
Rocket
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