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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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Launch dateDecember 14, 2009, 2:09 PM
Orbit height525 km
Speed on orbit7. 601 km/s
Cost320 million USD
Wavelengths3. 4, 4. 6, 12 and 22 microns
ManufacturersBall Aerospace & Technologies
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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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.

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