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Instrument Host Information |
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| IDENTIFIER | urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.iras::2.0 |
| NAME |
IRAS |
| TYPE |
Spacecraft |
| DESCRIPTION |
The IRAS satellite consisted of two main parts, the spacecraft and the telescope system. The telescope system comprised the upper part of the satellite. The focal plane assembly contained the survey detectors, visible
star sensors for position reconstruction, a Low Resolution Spectrometer (LRS) and a Chopped Photometric Channel (CPC).
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| NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER |
IRAS |
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| REFERENCES |
Beichman, C.A., G. Neugebauer, H.J. Habing, P.E. Clegg, and T.J. Chester, 1988, Infrared Astronomical Satellite Catalog and Atlases, Volume 1, Explanatory Supplement, NASA RP-1190. Neugebauer, G., H.J. Habing, R. van Duinen, H.H. Aumann, B. Baud, C.A. Beichman, D.A. Beintema, N. Boggess, P.E. Clegg, T. de Jong, J.P. Emerson, T.N. Gautier, F.C. Gillett, S. Harris, M.G. Hauser, J.R. Houck, R.E. Jennings, F.J. Low, P.L. Marsden, G. Miley, F.M. Olnon, S.R. Pottasch, E. Raimond, M. Rowan-Robinson, B.T. Soifer, R.G. Walker, P.R. Wesselius, and E. Young, The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Mission, Astrophysica Journal 278, L1-L6, 1984. |
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