Space infrared telescope facility (SIRTF) enters development

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 653-664

  Bicay, Michael D ^a,b   Werner, Michael W ^a   Latter, William B ^b   Simmons, Larry L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared astronomy; SIRTF; Space telescopes

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; OBSERVING EFFICIENCY; SIRTF; SPACE INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITIES; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS;

INSTRUMENTS; NASA; SPACE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMY; INFRARED DETECTORS;

INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

SPACE INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITIES (SIRTF);

EID: 0032290579     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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