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Feb 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002spie.4486...71k&link_type=abstract

Proc. SPIE Vol. 4486, p. 71-76, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing IX, Marija Strojnik; Bjorn F. Andresen; Eds.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The SOFIA is a major milestone in the prospering wavelength range of the IR. As a successor of the tremendously successful Kuiper Airborne Observatory it will be the biggest astronomical airborne observatory ever hilt, comprising a 3m-class telescope onboard a Boeing 747SP. Presented in an overview on the telescope as the heart of SOFIA, and discussion of some of the requirements; description of the optical and mechanical design and give an update on the current status of construction.

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