Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Big Bang study. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1989-089; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 November 1989, 14:34 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 5920-8
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · December 1993
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
COBE
Big Bang study.
- GCAT ID
- S20322
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 2,206 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.9 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 8.4 m span
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