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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) is a three axis stabilized satellite designed to observe astronomical sources in the range 2.5–200 µm. It contains a cryogenically cooled telescope feeding four focal plane instruments which provide imaging, spectrographic, and Polarimetric capabilities. Two-thirds of the ISO’s observing time are open to the scientific community via the submission of proposals and peer review. The first call for proposals will take place in the spring of 1994. The scheduled launch date of ISO is September 1995 and its expected lifetime 20 months.
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Clavel, J., Kessler, M.F. (1994). The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). In: Wamsteker, W., Longair, M.S., Kondo, Y. (eds) Frontiers of Space And Ground-Based Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 187. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0794-5_54
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