Mission record
WMAP
Also known as Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, MAP
NASA · Launched
Explore trajectoryCompleted · Success
NASA's WMAP measured the cosmic microwave background radiation over the full sky from the Sun-Earth L2 libration point.
- Destinations
No celestial-body destination recorded; this extended-scope observatory studies a non-body scientific domain.
- Launch vehicle
- Med-Lite Delta II 7425-10
- Launch site
- Not recorded
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Observatory
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
WMAP · Spacecraft
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 6, 2026
- WMAP Overview - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (lunar and planetary catalog), J. McDowell — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context