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IRTS

(InfraRed Telescope in Space)
(15-cm infrared telescope on Japanese satellite)

IRTS (for Infrared Telescope in Space) was a Japanese 15-cm infrared space telescope launched in 1995. It was part of a multi-purpose satellite, the SFU (for Space Flyer Unit). It was cryogenically cooled, aiming to operate for 20 days, and operated for 28, surveying about 7% of the sky. Instruments:

The instruments operated simultaneously. Observations were within the 1-1000 micron range.

(telescope,space,infrared,JAXA,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Flyer_Unit#Experimentation_data
https://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/irts/irts_E.html
https://www.darts.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/irts
https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/I/IRTS.html
https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/irts.html
https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/IRTS/docs/IRTS/irts_explanatory.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994ApJ...428..354M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...626...31M/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy		  
1μm300THz1.3eVbeginIRTS
1000μm300GHz1.3meVendIRTS

Referenced by pages:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
mid infrared (MIR)
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