Sent NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) into polar low-Earth orbit to conduct an all-sky infrared survey, cataloguing asteroids, cool stars and luminous galaxies.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 678 kg
- Flight
- 4th
- of 6 Delta II 7320-10C flights
- Date and time
- 14 December 2009, 14:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7320-10C
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2009-071
- Launches in 2009
- 74th of 78
See it in orbit
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