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Cosmic Background Explorer

(COBE, Explorer 66)
(1989 satellite for surveying the CMB)

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA satellite to survey the cosmic microwave background (CMB) launched in 1989 and operating for 4 years. Instruments:

COBE was pioneering: subsequent similar missions using newer technology are WMAP and Planck.

(telescope,infrared,microwave,spacecraft,CMB,NASA,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Background_Explorer
https://dictionary.obspm.fr/terms/cosmic-background-explorer-cobe/
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
https://aether.lbl.gov/www/projects/cobe/
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/mather/presentations/NobelTalk_GSFC_Nov21_2006.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990ApJ...354L..37M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992ApJ...396L...1S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992ApJ...397..420B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...464L...1B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AIPC..476....1S/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy		  
1.25μm240THz992meVbeginCosmic Background Explorer
1cm30GHz124μeVendCosmic Background Explorer

Referenced by pages:
anomalous microwave emission (AME)
CMB surveys
cosmic infrared background (CIB)
far infrared (FIR)
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Planck
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
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