The Planck Surveyor is the third Medium-Sized Mission (M3) of ESA's Horizon 2000 Scientific Programme. It is designed to image the anisotropies of the Cosmic microwave background Radiation over the whole sky, with unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution. Planck will provide a major source of information relevant to several cosmological and astrophysical issues, such as testing theories of the early universe and the origin of cosmic structure. Planck was formerly called COBRAS/SAMBA. After the mission was selected and approved, it was renamed in honor of the German scientist Max Planck (1858-1947), Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918. Download high resolution version (2198x1274, 1278 KB)WMAP map of CMB anisotropy This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (2198x1274, 1278 KB)WMAP map of CMB anisotropy This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Jump to: navigation, search The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to exploration of space with currently 17 member states. ... Look up Anisotropy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Anisotropy (the opposite of isotropy) is the property of being directionally dependent. ... WMAP image of the CMB anisotropy,Cosmic microwave background radiation(June 2003) The cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) is a form of electromagnetic radiation that fills the whole of the universe. ... Jump to: navigation, search Max Planck This article is about Planck, the German physicist. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...
Planck is scheduled to fly in 2007. The mission will be a collaboration with NASA, and will complement the WMAP probe which measured larger-scale fluctuations. Jump to: navigation, search 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Alternate meaning: WMAP (AM) Artist depiction of the WMAP satellite at the L2 point The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA satellite whose mission is to survey the sky to measure the temperature of the radiant heat left over from the Big Bang. ...
Planck was selected as the third Medium-Sized Mission (M3) of ESA's Horizon 2000 Scientific Programme, and is today part of its Cosmic Vision Programme.
Planck will provide a major source of information relevant to several cosmological and astrophysical issues, such as testing theories of the early universe and the origin of cosmic structure.
It is planned to launch Planck on 31st July 2008 together with the Herschel satellite.
Planck is Europe's first mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang.
As a consequence, the Planck detectors will have to be highly sensitive and will have to work at temperatures very close to the absolute zero, otherwise their own emission of heat will spoil the measurements.
Planck will be launched in tandem with ESA' Herschel space telescope.
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