Wide-Field Infrared Explorer spacecraft system design

Wide-Field Infrared Explorer spacecraft system design

Following a formal and competitive process, the Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) instrument was selected in 1994 to become a participant in NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Small Explorer Program (SMEX). The WIRE instrument will be used to conduct a deep infrared, extra galactic science su...

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Hauptverfasser: Everett, D.F., Sparr, L.M.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
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Assembly
Astronomy
Costs
Infrared detectors
Instruments
NASA
Optical sensors
Satellites
Space vehicles
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Zusammenfassung:Following a formal and competitive process, the Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) instrument was selected in 1994 to become a participant in NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Small Explorer Program (SMEX). The WIRE instrument will be used to conduct a deep infrared, extra galactic science survey 500 times more sensitive than the Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) Faint Source Catalog. The WIRE instrument includes a cryogenically cooled (
DOI:10.1109/AERO.1996.495973