The last of NASA's Great Observations, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is undergoing checkout 15,000 mi. from Earth this week following launch of the $1.2-billion mission here on board a Boeing Delta II Heavy booster Aug. 25. The SIRTF mission has been 25 years in the making. By using innovative technology and a unique "Earth-trailing" orbit, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed-Martin were able to reduce mission cost by about $800 million with no loss in expected science or mission life-time.
SIRTF Finally Aloft: NASA s Final Great Observatory to Peer Deeply into the Infrared Universe
2003-09-01
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SIRTF: The Fourth Great Observatory
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
SIRTF: The Fourth Great Observatory
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
NTRS | 1997
|Spacelab Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
AIAA | 1976
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