Cosmic Background Explorer

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NASA satellite astrophysics mission cosmology mission space telescope

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA satellite mission that made precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory and earning its scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Cosmic Background Explorer canonical 4
COBE 3
COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA satellite ⓘ
astrophysics mission ⓘ
cosmology mission ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
abbreviation Cosmic Background Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COBE
agency Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
alsoKnownAs Explorer 66 ⓘ
awardedFor discoveries of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
confirmedPredictionOf blackbody spectrum of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
cosparId 1989-089A ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataRelease first CMB anisotropy map released in 1992 ⓘ
deactivationDate 1993-12-23 ⓘ
discovered temperature anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
fieldOfView full sky survey capability ⓘ
fullName Cosmic Background Explorer self-link ⓘ
instrument Differential Microwave Radiometers ⓘ
Cosmic Background Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment

Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer ⓘ
knownFor Cosmic Background Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COBE mission
launchDate 1989-11-18 ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 2 ⓘ
surface form: Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicle Delta 5920-8 ⓘ
laureate George F. Smoot ⓘ
John C. Mather ⓘ
ledTo Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Physics 2006
measuredQuantity cosmic infrared background ⓘ
cosmic microwave background anisotropy ⓘ
cosmic microwave background temperature ⓘ
missionDuration approximately 4 years ⓘ
missionType cosmology ⓘ
space observatory ⓘ
notableResult first detection of CMB anisotropies ⓘ
precise measurement of CMB blackbody spectrum ⓘ
nssdcId 1989-089A ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitInclination 99.0 degrees ⓘ
orbitPeriod 103 minutes ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
primaryObjective map anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
measure cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
measure the spectrum of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
program NASA Explorer Program ⓘ
surface form: Explorer program
providedEvidenceFor Big Bang ⓘ
surface form: Big Bang theory
scientificDiscipline astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
spacecraftBus custom-built NASA spacecraft bus ⓘ
temperatureMeasured 2.725 K ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment → partOf → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer
COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment → hostSpacecraft → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer
this entity surface form: COBE satellite
COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment → relatedInstrumentOnSameMission → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer
this entity surface form: COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer
COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment → relatedInstrumentOnSameMission → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer
this entity surface form: COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment
John C. Mather → knownFor → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosmic Background Explorer mission
John C. Mather → notableProject → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
cosmic microwave background → measuredBy → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: COBE
NASA Explorer Program → notableMission → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
Cosmic Background Explorer → instrument → Cosmic Background Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment
Cosmic Background Explorer → abbreviation → Cosmic Background Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COBE
Cosmic Background Explorer → fullName → Cosmic Background Explorer self-link ⓘ
Cosmic Background Explorer → knownFor → Cosmic Background Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: John C. Mather
this entity surface form: COBE mission
WMAP → precededBy → Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: COBE