Instrument Host Information
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urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.wise::1.0
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Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer
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Spacecraft
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The WISE spacecraft is about the height and weight of a big polar bear, only wider.It measures 2.85 meters tall (9.35 feet), 2 meters wide (6.56 feet), 1.73 meters deep(5.68 feet) and weighs 661 kilograms (1,433 pounds). It is composed of two mainsections: the instrument and the spacecraft bus.The spacecraft bus was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Boulder, Colo.Ball was also responsible for integrating the instrument to the spacecraft bus andtesting the completed spacecraft.
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