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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO): Overview and Status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M.F. Kessler
M.F. Kessler*
Affiliation:
ISO Science Operations Centre, Astrophysics Division of ESA, VILSPA, P.O. Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain.

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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) is a cryogenically-cooled satellite giving the astronomical community, for the first time, the capability of making detailed observations at infrared wavelengths (2.5-240 ˜m) with a sophisticated and sensitive set of observatory-class instruments for a period in excess of two years.

The proposal for ISO was made to ESA in 1979 and it was selected in 1983 to be the next new start. The instruments were chosen in 1985 and ISO’s main industrial development started in 1988. Launch took place in November 1995 and the helium coolant is expected to last until April 1998. The calibration and data analysis will be improved during the post-operations phase, which is funded to the end of 2001.

Type
III. Special Scientific Sessions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 1107 - 1109
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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