Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
19:46:00
Saturday June 30, 2001
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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
Manufacturer
ULARocket
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
97th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2001
27th
Orbital launch attempt