Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
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Weltraumteleskop
Official website
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
The primary goal of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) explorer is to understand how the solar atmosphere is energized. The IRIS investigation combines advanced numerical modeling with a high resolution UV imaging spectrograph.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- solar observatory
- Part of
- Small Explorer program
- Operator
- Ames Research Center
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer
- Mass
- 200
- Manufacturer
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Official website
- iris.lmsal.com
- Image
- IRIS spacecraft model.png
- Significant event
- first light
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- Commons category
- IRIS (satellite)
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2013-06-28
- space launch vehicle
- Pegasus
- start point
- Stargazer
- launch contractor
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
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Article · Deutsch
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) ist ein Weltraumteleskop zur Erforschung der Sonnenatmosphäre. IRIS ist ein Satellit im Explorer-Programm der NASA. Nach dem Erreichen der Umlaufbahn hat IRIS die zusätzliche Bezeichnung Explorer 94 erhalten.
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