The WISE operational readiness review (ORR) was held Oct. 7 and 8, and the board was unanimous in praising the project for having conducted a successful review. That means WISE is looking good for launch.
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NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Ball Aerospace engineers have packed the satellite into a shipping container for delivery in mid-August to Californias Vandenberg Air Force Base. WISE is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg in December 2009 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket into an Earth orbit.
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has been assembled and is undergoing final preparations for a planned Nov. 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
The science instrument for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been shipped to Boulder, Colo.
The WISE telescope was delivered safe and sound to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, CO from the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, UT. It is now being integrated onto the spacecraft bus.
The WISE payload pre-ship review was held, and the board unanimously concluded that the instrument was ready to ship to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation in Boulder Colorado for integration and test with the WISE spacecraft.
Thermal-vacuum testing of the WISE spacecraft plus payload thermal-mass-dynamic simulator was completed successfully.
Final image quality and focus testing of the WISE payload was completed successfully.
