Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer / NEOWISE spacecraft
WISE/NEOWISE was NASA’s infrared space telescope spacecraft: WISE surveyed the sky from 2009, and the same spacecraft was reactivated as NEOWISE in 2013 to find near-Earth asteroids and comets before its mission ended in 2024.
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Identity
- Family Name
- WISE/NEOWISE
- Full Name
- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer / NEOWISE spacecraft
- Roles
- observatory
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- WISE/NEOWISE was NASA’s infrared space telescope spacecraft: WISE surveyed the sky from 2009, and the same spacecraft was reactivated as NEOWISE in 2013 to find near-Earth asteroids and comets before its mission ended in 2024.
- First Flight Year
- 2,009
- Last Flight Year
- 2,024
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neowise/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:21:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:21:57 UTC