ISO, scheduled to launch in 1995, will carry into orbit the most sophisticated infrared observatory of the decade. Overviews of the mission, instrument payload and scientific program are given, along with a comparison of the strengths of ISO and SOFIA.
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
1995
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Astronomy & Celestial Mechanics , Infrared astronomy , Infrared radiation , Infrared space observatory (Iso) , Space exploration , Spaceborne astronomy , Astronomical photometry , Cosmic dust , Cosmology , European space programs , Interstellar matter , Liquid helium , Payloads , Polarimetry , Sofia (Airborne observatory) , Spectroscopy , Star formation , Stellar envelopes , Telescopes
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