Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
L2
Mission type
Planetary Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:46:46 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4479 ever
Mission
MAP was to measure fluctuations in the cosmic 3 Kelvin microwave background with the degree of precision required to answer questions about the big bang and the total mass and fate of the universe.