WISE
Liftoff
December 14, 2009
Still Exploring
Mission Info
Primary mission was to survey the entire sky twice collecting images of snapping pictures of remote galaxies, stars and asteroids. Currently, it is on a new quest. Renamed NEOWISE, its new missions primary goal is identifying near-Earth asteroids and other objects
Key Facts
Launch Vehicle
Delta 347)
Launch Site
Vandenberg AFB, Ca
Located the first known 'Trojan' asteroid to share the same orbital path around the sun as Earth
Mission Images
