Science promise and conceptual mission design for SAFIR - The single aperture far infrared observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6265 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lester, Dan ^a   Benford, Dominic ^b   Yorke, Harold ^c   Bradford, C M ^c   Parrish, K ^b   Stahl, H ^d  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Infrared; Observatory; Telescope

Indexed keywords

INFRARED OBSERVATORY; JWST; SAFIR VISION MISSION STUDY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ASTRONOMY; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 33749025279     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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