Planck (spacecraft)
Planck was a space observatory operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) from 2009 to 2013. It was an ambitious project that aimed to map the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at microwave and infrared frequencies, with high sensitivity and angular resolution. The mission was highly successful and substantially improved upon observations made by the NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).
| Names | COBRAS/SAMBA
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| Mission type | Space telescope
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| SATCAT no. | 34938
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| Mission duration | Planned: >15 months
Final: 4 years, 5 months, 8 days |
SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES
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| Launch mass | 1,950 kg (4,300 lb)
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| Payload mass | 205 kg (452 lb)
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| Dimensions | Body: 4.20 m × 4.22 m (13.8 ft × 13.8 ft)
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EXPEDITION
CREW
START OF MISSION
| Launch date | 14 May 2009, 13:12:02 UTC
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| Entered service | 3 July 2009
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END OF MISSION
| Disposal | Decommissioned
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| Deactivated | 23 October 2013, 12:10:27 UTC
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ORBITAL PARAMETERS
| Reference system | L2 point
(1,500,000 km / 930,000 mi) |
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PAYLOAD
MAIN TELESCOPE
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| Diameter | 1.9 m × 1.5 m (6.2 ft × 4.9 ft)
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| Wavelengths | 300 µm – 11.1 mm (frequencies between 27 GHz and 1 THz)
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