NASA's COBE mission

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:analysis statistical analysis
conducted by multiple institutions
gptkbp:awards gptkb:1996_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:John_C._Mather
gptkb:George_Smoot
gptkbp:collaborated_with various universities
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:international_collaboration
gptkbp:collection passive microwave sensing
gptkbp:community widely recognized
gptkbp:contributed_to structure formation in the universe
gptkbp:discovered_by anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background
gptkbp:ends_at June 1993
gptkbp:exhibited_at gptkb:Big_Bang_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA's COBE mission
gptkbp:impact highly influential
understanding of universe's evolution
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:future_space_missions
gptkbp:inspired subsequent missions
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Diffuse_Infrared_Background_Experiment_(DIRBE)
gptkb:Differential_Microwave_Radiometer_(DMR)
Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS)
gptkbp:is_influenced_by gptkb:spacecraft
large-scale structure of the universe
cosmic microwave background anisotropies
gptkbp:is_observed_in cosmic background radiation spectrum
gptkbp:isotopes microwave radiation
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Discovery
gptkbp:launched November 18, 1989
gptkbp:legacy pioneering work in cosmology
gptkbp:mission observational astronomy
low Earth orbit
gptkbp:mission_duration 3.5 years
gptkbp:notable_work uniformity of cosmic microwave background
temperature fluctuations in cosmic microwave background
gptkbp:objective measure cosmic microwave background radiation
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:provides_information_on gptkb:physicist
cosmological models
astrophysics research
studies of dark energy
early universe conditions
global research community
cosmology research
formation of galaxies
testing cosmological theories
studies of dark matter
studying the universe's expansion
understanding the universe's fate
understanding cosmic history
analyzing cosmic radiation patterns
distribution of matter in the universe
evolution of cosmic structures
examining the universe's geometry
exploring the universe's age
investigating the universe's composition
refining cosmological parameters
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:academic_journal
gptkbp:receives_funding_from gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:released gptkb:1992
gptkbp:significance first satellite to measure the cosmic microwave background
gptkbp:successor gptkb:WMAP
gptkb:Planck_satellite
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Far_Infrared_Absolute_Spectrophotometer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5