LaunchesWMAP
USAFSUCCESS
WMAP
Delta II · Planetary Science
2001Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Delta II
- Orbit
- L2
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2