Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

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Aug 1998

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Proc. SPIE Vol. 3356, p. 492-499, Space Telescopes and Instruments V, Pierre Y. Bely; James B. Breckinridge; Eds.

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The joint US and German SOFIA project to develop and operate a 2.5 meter IR airborne telescope in a Boeing 747-SP is now in its second year. The Universities Space Research Association, teamed with Raytheon E-Systems and United Airlines, is developing and will operate SOFIA. The 2.5 meter telescope will be designed and built by a consortium of German companies led by MAN. Work on the aircraft and the primary mirror has started. First science flights will begin in 2001 with 20 percent 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.

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