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Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
WMAP studied conditions of the early universe by measuring the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation and produced the first full-sky microwave map with resolution under one degree, about the angular size of the moon.Mission Duration: June 2001 – October 2010Operating Network: Deep Space Network

WMAP studied conditions of the early universe by measuring the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation and produced the first full-sky microwave map with resolution under one degree, about the angular size of the moon. Designed for a 27 month mission, WMAP took three months to transit to Sun-Earth L2 libration point nearly one million miles from earth.

Mission Duration: June 2001 – October 2010Operating Network: Deep Space Network

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