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Designator id: 2009-071A

Description of WISE Satellite:

WISE, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, was launched on a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg on 14 December 2009 at 14:09 UT. The cryogenically-cooled, 661 kg satellite carries a 0.4 m diameter telescope and four detectors to perform a sky survey in infrared wavelengths. WISE will observe in four bands, 3.4, 4.6, 12 and 22 microns. Every 11 s images of a 47 arc-minute wide field will be made on to detector arrays of over one million pixels each. The mission will last until the coolant is depleted, approximately ten months. This is expected to be sufficient time to complete one-and-a-half surveys after a one month checkout period.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-12-14
Launch Vehicle: Delta II
Launch Site: Vandenberg AFB, United States
Mass: 661.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)

Disciplines:
Astronomy

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 36119U 09071A   12338.92271910  .00002058  00000-0  10941-3 0  8605
2 36119 097.5173 341.8620 0003353 019.7606 340.3755 15.16407019164205

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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