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Planck
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former ESA space observatory
Key facts
- Names
- COBRAS/SAMBA
- Mission type
- Space telescope
- Operator
- ESA
- Cospar id
- 2009-026B
- Website
- www .esa .int /planck
- Mission duration
- Planned: >15 months , Final: 4 years, 5 months, 8 days
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Launch mass
- 1,950 kg (4,300 lb)
- Payload mass
- 205 kg (452 lb)
- Dimensions
- Body: 4.20 m × 4.22 m (13.8 ft × 13.8 ft)
- Launch date
- 14 May 2009, 13:12:02 UTC ( 2009-05-14UTC13:12:02 )
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre , French Guiana
- Contractor
- Arianespace
- Entered service
- 3 July 2009
- Disposal
- Decommissioned
- Deactivated
- 23 October 2013, 12:10:27 UTC ( 2013-10-23UTC12:10:28 )
- Reference system
- Sun-Earth L 2 orbit , (1,500,000 km / 930,000 mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 4.22
- Mass
- 1950
- Official website
- cosmos.esa.int/planck
- Image
- Model of the Planck Satellite.jpg
- Height
- 4.20
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- Commons category
- Planck (spacecraft)
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2009-05-14
- service retirement
- 2013-10-23
- service entry
- 2009-08-13
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Article
Contemporary ESA insignia (2000s) Horizon 2000 (Science Programme)
Planck was a space observatory operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) from 2009 to 2013. The project aimed to map the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at microwave and infrared frequencies, with high sensitivity and angular resolution. The mission provided data that substantially improved upon previous observations made by the NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).