Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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NASA space mission infrared space observatory space telescope

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light, discovering hundreds of millions of objects including asteroids, brown dwarfs, and distant galaxies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer canonical 7
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission 3
WISE mission 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space mission ⓘ
infrared space observatory ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
acronym WISE ⓘ
allSkySurveyCompletion 2010-07 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
surface form: WISE space telescope
band 12 micrometres ⓘ
22 micrometres ⓘ
3.4 micrometres ⓘ
4.6 micrometres ⓘ
catalogProduced AllWISE Source Catalog ⓘ
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog ⓘ
cosparId 2009-071A ⓘ
cryogenDepletion 2010-10 ⓘ
dataRelease AllWISE Source Catalog ⓘ
surface form: All-Sky Data Release

AllWISE Source Catalog ⓘ
surface form: AllWISE Data Release
detectorType HgCdTe arrays ⓘ
Si:As arrays ⓘ
discovered brown dwarfs ⓘ
distant galaxies ⓘ
near-Earth asteroids ⓘ
ultra-cool brown dwarfs ⓘ
fieldOfView 47 arcminutes ⓘ
inclination 97.5 degrees ⓘ
launchDate 2009-12-14 ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 2 ⓘ
surface form: Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicle Delta rocket ⓘ
surface form: Delta II 7320-10C
missionType all-sky survey ⓘ
astronomical survey ⓘ
noradId 36110 ⓘ
numberOfBands 4 ⓘ
operatedBy Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitRegime low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter 40 cm ⓘ
primaryMissionEnd 2011-02 ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal all-sky infrared survey ⓘ
principalInvestigator Edward L. Wright ⓘ
program NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program ⓘ
surface form: NASA Medium-class Explorer program
projectScientist Peter R. Eisenhardt ⓘ
reactivatedAs NEOWISE mission ⓘ
surface form: NEOWISE
reactivation 2013-12 ⓘ
scienceGoal study of asteroids ⓘ
study of brown dwarfs ⓘ
study of distant galaxies ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
surveyEnd 2010-02-01 ⓘ
surveyStart 2010-01-14 ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
wavelengthRange infrared ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program → notableMission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
NEOWISE mission → usesSpacecraft → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
NEOWISE mission → predecessorMission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: WISE mission
NEOWISE mission → basedOn → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission
IPAC → supportedMission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer → alsoKnownAs → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: WISE space telescope
Infrared Astronomical Satellite → influenced → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
AllWISE Source Catalog → producedBy → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
AllWISE Source Catalog → producedBy → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: WISE mission
AllWISE Reject Table → partOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission
AllWISE Reject Table → mission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE infrared camera → partOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
WISE infrared camera → mission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission