SPICA mission for mid- and far-infrared astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nakagawa, Takao ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Mid infrared; Space telescope; Spica

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ASTRONOMICAL MISSION; FAR-INFRARED; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; KEY PROBLEMS; MID-INFRARED; ON ORBIT; RADIATIVE COOLING SYSTEM; SPACE INFRARED TELESCOPES; SPICA;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349499663     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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