WISE spacecraft

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:catalogue asteroids
comets
stars
galaxies
brown dwarfs
gptkbp:COSPAR_ID 2009-073A
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 2011-02-17
gptkbp:diameter 2.0 m
gptkbp:discoveredBy brown dwarfs
hundreds of near-Earth objects
millions of galaxies
tens of thousands of new asteroids
gptkbp:duration 10 months (primary)
gptkbp:endDate 2011-02-17 (primary)
ongoing (as NEOWISE)
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:NASA
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label WISE spacecraft
gptkbp:launchDate 2009-12-14
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7320-10C
gptkbp:length 2.85 m
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Ball_Aerospace_&_Technologies
gptkbp:mass 661 kg
gptkbp:missionType infrared astronomy
gptkbp:name gptkb:Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Y-dwarf_stars
Earth Trojan asteroid 2010 TK7
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Sun-synchronous_orbit
gptkbp:powers 467 watts
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter 40 cm
gptkbp:projectScientist gptkb:Edward_L._Wright
gptkbp:purpose all-sky infrared survey
gptkbp:reactivatedFor gptkb:NEOWISE_mission
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:IRAS
gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:AKARI
gptkbp:releaseDate gptkb:NEOWISE
gptkb:AllWISE
gptkbp:revival 2013-08
gptkbp:sensorType HgCdTe and Si:As arrays
gptkbp:status active (as NEOWISE)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:NEOWISE
gptkbp:surveyCoverage 99% of the sky
gptkbp:telescopeType gptkb:Ritchey–Chrétien
gptkbp:wavelengthRange 3.4 to 22 micrometers
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Delta_rocket_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5