Publication Date:
2011-08-17
Description:
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.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION
Type:
Nature; 275; Oct. 5
Format:
text
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