Space missions that mapped the faint microwave afterglow of the early universe, the cosmic microwave background, to measure the age, shape and content of the cosmos: COBE, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Planck. An observatory belongs here when its cited article ties it to the cosmic microwave background or microwave cosmology. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Wikipedia: Planck (spacecraft)
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The project aimed to map the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at microwave and infrared frequencies, with high sensitivity and angular resolution.
Wikipedia: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
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The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), originally known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP and Explorer 80), was a NASA spacecraft operating from 2001 to 2010 which measured temperature differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the radiant heat remaining from the Big Bang.
Wikipedia: Cosmic Background Explorer
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The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE KOH-bee), also referred to as Explorer 66, was a NASA satellite dedicated to cosmology, which operated from 1989 to 1993.
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