WMAP Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
30 Jun 2001, 7:46pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
WMAP
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Destination
Sun-Earth L2
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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