Planck (spacecraft)
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Planck was a space observatory operated by the European Space Agency from 2009 to 2013. The project aimed to map the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background at microwave and infrared frequenci
A model of Planck
The 4 K reference load qualification model
LFI 44 GHz horn and front-end chassis
LFI focal plane model
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, originally known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe, was a NASA spacecraft operating from 2001 to 2010 which measured temperature differences across the sky in
Planck (spacecraft)
…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). The Planck observatory was a major source of information relevant to several cosmological and astrophysical issues. One of its key objectives…
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission patch Explorer program← HETE-2 (Explorer 79)RHESSI (Explorer 81) →
The universe's timeline, from the Big Bang to the WMAP
A comparison of the sensitivity of WMAP with COBE and Penzias and Wilson's telescope (simulated data)