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The Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) has just been selected by NASA for development under the Small Explorer (SMEX) program, on a schedule leading to launch in 1998. WIRE is a cryogenically-cooled infrared telescope designed to study the evolution of starburst galaxies. It takes advantage of recent advances in infrared detector technology to carry out deep surveys designed to detect distant galaxies at 12 and 25 µm. The WIRE instrument will be integrated with a SMEX spacecraft bus to be provided by the Goddard Space Flight Center and launched into a 500 km orbit by a Pegasus XL launch vehicle.
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Hacking, P.B., Werner, M.W. (1995). The Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE). In: Thronson, H.A., Sauvage, M., Gallais, P., Vigroux, L. (eds) Infrared and Submillimeter Space Missions in the Coming Decade. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0363-3_11
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