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SIRTF

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SIRTFSpace Infrared Telescope Facility (now Spitzer Space Telescope; NASA)


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One of the keys to success is cooling the telescope to near absolute zero, or around 460 degrees below zero, so the infrared telescope can peer into distant places in the universe without interference from the heat of a near-Earth environment, said Michael Werner, SIRTF project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA TELESCOPE WILL LOOK INTO BIG QUESTIONS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Had ESA waited for SIRTF, the Europeans might have been out of luck, Pryke says.
Space: the international approach by Cowen, Ron / Science News
SIRTF is the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space.
DRS Technologies' Infrared Technology Supports NASA's Launch of ... by Business Wire
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