WISE / NEOWISE
NASA's WISE mission mapped the infrared sky before the telescope was hibernated in 2011. The same spacecraft resumed observations in 2013 as NEOWISE, repeatedly surveying asteroids and comets for planetary defense until orbital decay forced retirement in 2024.
Identity
- Aliases
- WISEWide-field Infrared Survey ExplorerNEOWISENear-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey ExplorerNear-Earth Object WISE
- Name
- WISE / NEOWISE
- Slug
- wise-neowise
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- NASA's WISE mission mapped the infrared sky before the telescope was hibernated in 2011. The same spacecraft resumed observations in 2013 as NEOWISE, repeatedly surveying asteroids and comets for planetary defense until orbital decay forced retirement in 2024.
- End Date
- 2024-08-08
- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Success. WISE completed two full-sky infrared scans and cataloged roughly three-quarters of a billion objects. By February 2024, NEOWISE had made more than 1.5 million infrared measurements of 43,926 solar-system objects, including 1,571 near-Earth objects and 282 comets. NASA ended the survey and safely decommissioned the spacecraft before atmospheric reentry.
- Program
- NASA Explorers Program / Planetary Defense
- Start Date
- 2009-12-14
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7zdbeswjv2vqgz6z8z1tj1v18apcfy
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neowise/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 12:44:09 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 12:44:09 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Lead agency and program sponsor
- Organization Id
- vn72dqhfabtqra13r4mw1f0jzx8anqak
- Role
- Project management, system engineering, mission assurance, and mission operations
- Organization Id
- vn7aymvae0r9jdsgtjybckkacd8aq4tm
- Role
- Principal-investigator institution and science leadership
- Organization Id
- jd719gpm400m50p0prn6hyxpp58aqnbk
- Role
- Spacecraft builder, flight-system integration, testing, and original mission operations
- Organization Id
- vn71g7750qqeaxs0ba0c8c5mq18aqt43
- Role
- Infrared science-instrument design, construction, testing, calibration, and mission-operations support
- Organization Id
- vn77gbp5cq53f746gv888drnjn8aqn6x
- Role
- Science operations, data processing, archiving, and distribution
- Organization Id
- jd7a6bdc0br5qrv4d7pxcxmh2s8agcj7
- Role
- Launch vehicle provider