NEOWISE mission

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NASA mission astronomical survey space telescope mission

The NEOWISE mission is a NASA space telescope project repurposed to detect, track, and characterize near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets using infrared observations.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
NEOWISE	2
Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer	1
WISE spacecraft	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA mission ⓘ astronomical survey ⓘ space telescope mission ⓘ
abbreviation	NEOWISE mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NEOWISE
basedOn	Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ surface form: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission
contributedTo	discovery of near-Earth asteroids ⓘ discovery of near-Earth comets ⓘ
dataArchive	NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive ⓘ
dataRelease	NEOWISE Reactivation Year 1 data release ⓘ NEOWISE Reactivation Year 2 data release ⓘ NEOWISE Reactivation Year 3 data release ⓘ NEOWISE Reactivation Year 4 data release ⓘ NEOWISE Reactivation Year 5 data release ⓘ
dataUsedFor	albedo determination of asteroids ⓘ population statistics of near-Earth objects ⓘ size estimation of asteroids ⓘ thermal properties of asteroids ⓘ
focusesOn	planetary defense ⓘ
fullName	NEOWISE mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
hasInstrument	WISE infrared camera ⓘ
isReactivationOf	NEOWISE mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WISE spacecraft
launchDate	2009-12-14 ⓘ
launchSite	Space Launch Complex 2 ⓘ surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2W
launchVehicle	Delta rocket ⓘ surface form: Delta II 7320-10C
managedBy	NASA Planetary Science Division ⓘ
observes	Earth-approaching objects ⓘ comets ⓘ main-belt asteroids ⓘ near-Earth asteroids ⓘ near-Earth comets ⓘ
operatedBy	California Institute of Technology ⓘ Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbits	Earth ⓘ
orbitType	Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
predecessorMission	Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ surface form: WISE mission
primaryObjective	characterize near-Earth objects ⓘ detect near-Earth objects ⓘ track near-Earth objects ⓘ
restarted	2013-12 ⓘ
spacecraftType	space telescope ⓘ
supportsProgram	NASA Near-Earth Object Observations Program ⓘ NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office ⓘ
surveyStrategy	all-sky survey ⓘ
telescopeType	infrared space telescope ⓘ
usesBand	3.4 micrometer band ⓘ 4.6 micrometer band ⓘ
usesDetector	HgCdTe infrared detectors ⓘ
usesSpacecraft	Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
wavelength	infrared ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

NEOWISE mission → abbreviation → NEOWISE mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NEOWISE

NEOWISE mission → fullName → NEOWISE mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

NEOWISE mission → isReactivationOf → NEOWISE mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WISE spacecraft

NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → NEOWISE mission ⓘ

this entity surface form: NEOWISE

Jet Propulsion Laboratory → notableProject → NEOWISE mission ⓘ