COBE

retired

Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 1989-089ALaunched 11/18/1989

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: COBE Mission
Launch Vehicle: Delta 5920-8
Launch Date: 11/18/1989
Last Contact: 12/22/1993

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 891 km
Inclination: 99.02 deg
Dry Mass: 2,206 kg
Total Mass: 2,206 kg

Payload Classification

Organizations

Operator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1989-089A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/220

Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was launched in 1989 and provided information about the origin and early years of the Universe.

GeneralValue 2.5Oct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

The Explorers Program has launched more than 90 missions, including the Uhuru and Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) missions that led to Nobel prizes for their investigators.

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