WISE

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WISE is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 36119

Int'l Code: 2009-071A

Perigee: 476.1 km

Apogee: 481.8 km

Inclination: 97.3 °

Period: 94.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 6849 km

RCS: 2.1437 m² (large)

Launch date: December 14, 2009
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) will use advanced technologies to scan the sky with the clarity of a modern digital camera to reveal asteroids, comets, brown dwarfs, ultraluminous galaxies and new born stars that humans haven't laid eyes on. WISE will have a scant nine months to perform its survey of the Universe before the solid hydrogen that's needed to keep its infrared optics cold is gone.

1 36119U 09071A   21297.83363780  .00001758  00000-0  60557-4 0  9994
2 36119  97.2712 331.9873 0004147  75.2530 284.9170 15.31347308659424

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC