2001 · United States Air Force
WMAP
successDelta 7425-10 | WMAP
MAP was to measure fluctuations in the cosmic 3 Kelvin microwave background with the degree of precision required to answer questions about the big bang and the total mass and fate of the universe.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 30, 2001 at 07:46 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- WMAP
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Earth L2