Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

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Mar 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999esasp.427..115b&link_type=abstract

The Universe as Seen by ISO. Eds. P. Cox & M. F. Kessler. ESA-SP 427., p. 115

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Telescopes, Airborne Astronomy, Infrared Astronomy, Submillimeter Astronomy

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The joint US and German SOFIA project to develop and operate a 2.5 meter infrared airborne telescope in a Boeing 747-SP is now in full development. Work on the aircraft and the primary mirror has started. First science flights will begin in 2001 with 20 per cent of the observing time assigned to German investigators. The observatory is expected to operate for over 20 years. The sensitivity, characteristics and science instrument complement are discussed. SOFIA will have facility instrumentation that will allow much more use by scientists than was possible on the KAO.

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