Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
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Launch date | December 14, 2009, 2:09 PM |
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Orbit height | 525 km |
Speed on orbit | 7. 601 km/s |
Cost | 320 million USD |
Wavelengths | 3. 4, 4. 6, 12 and 22 microns |
Manufacturers | Ball Aerospace & Technologies |
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ID | 2062139 |
About Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope launched in December 2009, and placed in hibernation mode in February 2011. It was re-activated in 2013. WISE discovered thousands of minor planets and numerous star clusters.