United States Air Force

WMAP

Delta II 7425-10

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, June 30, 2001 · 19:46 UTC

Mission

/01

MAP was to measure fluctuations in the cosmic 3 Kelvin microwave background with the degree of precision required to answer questions about the big bang and the total mass and fate of the universe.

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Sun-Earth L2 (L2)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Delta II 7425-10

Variant: 7425-10

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.446° N, 80.566° W

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