Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space mission ⓘ
infrared space observatory ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
acronym WISE ⓘ
allSkySurveyCompletion 2010-07 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 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 All-Sky Data Release ⓘ
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 2W ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta II 7320-10C ⓘ
linked to: Delta rocket
missionType all-sky survey ⓘ
astronomical survey ⓘ
noradId 36110 ⓘ
numberOfBands 4 ⓘ
operatedBy 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 Medium-class Explorer program ⓘ
projectScientist Peter R. Eisenhardt ⓘ
reactivatedAs NEOWISE ⓘ
linked to: NEOWISE mission
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 telescope ⓘ
wavelengthRange infrared ⓘ

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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 → WISE mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NEOWISE mission → basedOn → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
IPAC → supportedMission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer → alsoKnownAs → WISE space telescope ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Infrared Astronomical Satellite → influenced → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
AllWISE Source Catalog → producedBy → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
AllWISE Source Catalog → producedBy → WISE mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
AllWISE Reject Table → partOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
AllWISE Reject Table → mission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
WISE infrared camera → partOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
WISE infrared camera → mission → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog → compiledBy → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog → telescopeName → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
WISE 3-band cryogenic survey → partOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
WISE post-cryogenic survey → partOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
AllWISE Multiepoch Photometry Table → producedBy → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
AllWISE Explanatory Supplement → associatedWith → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
Medium Explorer missions → includesMission → Wide‑field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
WISE → fullName → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
WISE → acronymFor → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
2009-071A → hasAlternateName → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
Peter R. Eisenhardt → notableWork → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
Edward L. Wright → notableWork → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ
Edward L. Wright → principalInvestigatorOf → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory programs → includesProgram → Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission ⓘ
linked to: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer