WISE / NEOWISE Space Telescope System
The Ball Aerospace-built WISE infrared space telescope completed its astrophysics survey, hibernated, and returned as NEOWISE for a decade-long near-Earth-object survey managed and operated by JPL.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Wide-field Infrared Survey ExplorerNear-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey ExplorerNEOWISE
- Family Name
- WISE
- Full Name
- WISE / NEOWISE Space Telescope System
- Roles
- observatoryresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Ball Aerospace-built WISE infrared space telescope completed its astrophysics survey, hibernated, and returned as NEOWISE for a decade-long near-Earth-object survey managed and operated by JPL.
- First Flight Year
- 2,009
- Last Flight Year
- 2,024
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- unknown
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neowise/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 17, 2026 at 00:43:50 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 20:42:10 UTC
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- Search Name
- WISE / NEOWISE Space Telescope System Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer NEOWISE