Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
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| Launch date | June 30, 2001, 10:46 PM GMT+3 |
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| Orbit height | 150 |
| Cost | 150 million USD (2012) |
| Names | Explorer |
| Manufacturers | NASA |
| National Radio Astronomy Observatory | |
| Did you know | WMAP determined the age of the universe to be 13. 8 billion years. |
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| ID | 1247157 |
About Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, originally known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe, was a spacecraft operating from 2001 to 2010 which measured temperature differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background – the radiant heat remaining from the Big Bang.
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Photos
