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The purpose of the MAP mission is to determine the geometry, content, andevolution of the universe via a 13 arcmin full-width-half-max (FWHM) resolutionfull sky map of the temperature anisotropy of the cosmic microwave backgroundradiation with uncorrelated pixel noise, minimal systematic errors,multifrequency observations, and accurate calibration. These attributes werekey factors in the success of NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission,which made a 7 degree FWHM resolution full sky map, discovered temperatureanisotropy, and characterized the fluctuations with two parameters, a powerspectral index and a primordial amplitude. Following COBE considerable progresshas been made in higher resolution measurements of the temperature anisotropy.With 45 times the sensitivity and 33 times the angular resolution of the COBEmission, MAP will vastly extend our knowledge of cosmology. MAP will measurethe physics of the photon-baryon fluid at recombination. From this, MAPmeasurements will constrain models of structure formation, the geometry of theuniverse, and inflation. In this paper we present a pre-launch overview of thedesign and characteristics of the MAP mission. This information will benecessary for a full understanding of the MAP data and results, and will alsobe of interest to scientists involved in the design of future cosmic microwavebackground experiments and/or space science missions.

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