IRAS
Sign in to saveThe Infrared Astronomical Satellite (Dutch: Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet) (IRAS) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths. Launched on 25 January 1983, its mission lasted ten months. The telescope was a joint project of the United States (NASA), the Netherlands (NIVR), and the United Kingdom (SERC). Over 250,000 infrared sources were observed at 12, 25, 60, and 100 micrometer wavelengths.
Key facts
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- all
- Spaceflight.name
- Infrared Astronomical Satellite / Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet
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- File:IRAS testing.jpg
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- Infrared Astronomical Satellite in space simulator at JPL, 1982
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- Infrared space observatory
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- 1983-004A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 13777
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- Final:
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- UTC
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- Delta 3910
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- Vandenberg SLC-2W
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- 9 February 1983
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- Decommissioned
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
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- Sun-synchronous
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- 0.001857
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 98.95 deg
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 102.8 min
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Mission
- Discoveries
- Asteroid discoveries
- Comet discoveries
- Later surveys
- 2020 near-miss
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (Dutch: Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet) (IRAS) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths. Launched on 25 January 1983, its mission lasted ten months. The telescope was a joint project of the United States (NASA), the Netherlands (NIVR), and the United Kingdom (SERC). Over 250,000 infrared sources were observed at 12, 25, 60, and 100 micrometer wavelengths.
Support for the processing and analysis of data from IRAS was contributed from the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology. Currently, the Infrared Science Archive at IPAC holds the IRAS archive.