The IUE spacecraft and instrumentation

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Oct 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978natur.275..372b&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 275, Oct. 5, 1978, p. 372-377.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Ground Based Control, Iue, Satellite Design, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spacecraft Communication, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Explorer Satellites, Satellite Antennas, Satellite-Borne Photography, Solar Arrays, Ultraviolet Photography

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The paper describes the general design, instrumentation, and ground control system of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite, which will serve as an astronomical observatory providing both high and low resolution UV spectra of sources other than the sun. Basic data are given on the telescope, the UV-visible converter, the spectrograph optics, the camera response, and the communications systems.

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