Cosmic Background Explorer

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:COBE
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:NASA_Group_Achievement_Award gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Cosmology
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_2006
gptkbp:COSPAR_ID	1989-089A
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned	1993-12-23
gptkbp:discoveredBy	cosmic microwave background anisotropies
gptkbp:height	2.3 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cosmic Background Explorer
gptkbp:instrument	gptkb:Differential_Microwave_Radiometers_(DMR) gptkb:Diffuse_Infrared_Background_Experiment_(DIRBE) gptkb:Far_Infrared_Absolute_Spectrophotometer_(FIRAS)
gptkbp:launchDate	1989-11-18
gptkbp:launchSite	gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:launchVehicle	gptkb:Delta_5920
gptkbp:length	4.2 m
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:mass	2228 kg
gptkbp:missionType	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:cosmology
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	gptkb:John_C._Mather gptkb:George_F._Smoot
gptkbp:NORAD_ID	20322
gptkbp:objective	measure cosmic microwave background radiation map diffuse infrared and microwave radiation from the early universe
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType	gptkb:Sun-synchronous_orbit
gptkbp:powers	650 watts
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Planck_spacecraft gptkb:Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe
gptkbp:status	decommissioned
gptkbp:website	https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
gptkbp:width	2.7 m
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:COBE_satellite gptkb:COBE
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5