The flight hardware and software are produced in a partnership between the Goddard Space Flight Center and Princeton University, under the scientific supervision of a team whose institutions also include UCLA, U. Chicago, UBC, and Brown. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Charles L. Bennett of the Goddard Space Flight Center.
WMAP Science Team:
Member |
Institution |
Charles L. Bennett (PI) |
Johns Hopkins University |
Mark Halpern |
University of British Columbia |
Gary Hinshaw |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Norman Jarosik |
Princeton University |
Al Kogut |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Michele Limon |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI |
Stephan Meyer |
University of Chicago |
Lyman Page |
Princeton University |
David N. Spergel |
Princeton University |
Greg Tucker |
Brown University |
David Wilkinson |
Princeton University |
Ed Wollack |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Edward L. (Ned) Wright |
University of California- Los Angeles |
Rachel Bean |
Cornell University |
Olivier Dore |
University of Toronto |
Michael Nolta |
University of Toronto |
Eiichiro Komatsu |
Univ. of Texas, Austin |
Hiranya Peiris |
University of Chicago |
Licia Verde |
Univ. of Pennsylvania |
Chris Barnes |
Princeton University |
Michael Greason |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Robert Hill |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Alan Kogut |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Michele Limon |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Nils Odegard |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Greg Tucker |
Brown University |
Janet Weiland |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Major WMAP Hardware Suppliers:
Item |
Source |
Launch Vehicle |
Med-Lite Delta II 7425-10 |
Boeing |
Instrument |
High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) amplifiers |
NRAO |
Microwave feeds |
Princeton |
Microwave differencing assemblies |
Princeton |
Instrument electronics boxes |
Goddard/ Litton |
Optical assembly with thermal radiator |
Programmed Composites Inc. |
Structural/thermal system |
Instrument support/thermal structure |
Goddard |
Spacecraft support/thermal structure |
Goddard |
Gamma-alumina instrument support cylinder |
Structural Composites Industries |
Attitude system |
Optical star tracker |
Lockheed Martin |
Type E reaction wheels |
Ithaco Inc. |
Gyro |
Kearfott Inc. |
Coarse and digital Sun sensors |
Adcole Aerospace |
Attitude control electronics |
Goddard/ Litton |
Power system |
Battery |
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. |
Solar panels |
Tecstar Inc. |
Power system electronics |
Goddard/ Litton |
Data system |
Command & Data Handling |
Goddard |
Flight software |
Goddard |
Data processing software |
Goddard/ Princeton / UCLA/ Chicago |