WISE mission

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf space telescope mission
gptkbp:aperture 40 cm
gptkbp:catalogue hundreds of millions of objects
gptkbp:contributedTo star formation studies
galaxy catalogues
asteroid tracking
brown dwarf census
cosmic infrared background studies
gptkbp:decommissioned 2011-02-17
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Trojan_asteroids
gptkb:Y-dwarfs
comets
brown dwarfs
near-Earth asteroids
dusty debris disks
gptkbp:endDate 2011-02-17
gptkbp:fieldOfView 47 arcminutes
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:NASA_Explorer_Program
gptkbp:goal survey the sky in infrared wavelengths
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label WISE mission
gptkbp:instrument infrared source
gptkbp:launchDate 2009-12-14
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7320-10C
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkbp:mass 661 kg
gptkbp:missionType infrared astronomy
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Amy_Mainzer
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Sun-synchronous_orbit
gptkbp:powers 467 watts
gptkbp:reactivatedAs gptkb:NEOWISE
gptkbp:reactivationDate 2013-09-23
gptkbp:releaseDate 2011
2012
2013
2018
gptkbp:resolution 12 arcseconds at 22 μm
6.1 arcseconds at 3.4 μm
gptkbp:sensorType HgCdTe and Si:As arrays
gptkbp:status active as NEOWISE
gptkbp:successor gptkb:NEOWISE
gptkbp:surveyedBy 99% of the sky
gptkbp:type all-sky survey
gptkbp:wavelengthRange 3.4 to 22 micrometers
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NEOWISE_mission
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6