Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light, discovering hundreds of millions of objects including asteroids, brown dwarfs, and distant galaxies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space mission
infrared space observatory
space telescope
acronym WISE
allSkySurveyCompletion 2010-07
alsoKnownAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
surface form: WISE space telescope
band 12 micrometres
22 micrometres
3.4 micrometres
4.6 micrometres
catalogProduced AllWISE Source Catalog
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog
cosparId 2009-071A
cryogenDepletion 2010-10
dataRelease AllWISE Source Catalog
surface form: All-Sky Data Release

AllWISE Source Catalog
surface form: AllWISE Data Release
detectorType HgCdTe arrays
Si:As arrays
discovered brown dwarfs
distant galaxies
near-Earth asteroids
ultra-cool brown dwarfs
fieldOfView 47 arcminutes
inclination 97.5 degrees
launchDate 2009-12-14
launchSite Space Launch Complex 2
surface form: Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg Space Force Base
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicle Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7320-10C
missionType all-sky survey
astronomical survey
noradId 36110
numberOfBands 4
operatedBy Jet Propulsion Laboratory
surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
operator NASA
orbitRegime low Earth orbit
orbitType Sun-synchronous orbit
primaryMirrorDiameter 40 cm
primaryMissionEnd 2011-02
primaryScienceGoal all-sky infrared survey
principalInvestigator Edward L. Wright
program NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program
surface form: NASA Medium-class Explorer program
projectScientist Peter R. Eisenhardt
reactivatedAs NEOWISE mission
surface form: NEOWISE
reactivation 2013-12
scienceGoal study of asteroids
study of brown dwarfs
study of distant galaxies
spaceAgency NASA
surveyEnd 2010-02-01
surveyStart 2010-01-14
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
wavelengthRange infrared

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NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive missionArchiveFor Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program notableMission Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NEOWISE mission usesSpacecraft Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NEOWISE mission predecessorMission Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: WISE mission
NEOWISE mission basedOn Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission
IPAC supportedMission Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer alsoKnownAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: WISE space telescope
Infrared Astronomical Satellite influenced Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
AllWISE Source Catalog producedBy Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
AllWISE Source Catalog producedBy Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: WISE mission
AllWISE Reject Table partOf Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission
AllWISE Reject Table mission Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE infrared camera partOf Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
WISE infrared camera mission Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission