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1 September 1974 Airborne Infrared Astronomy Telescope
R. M. Cameron, R. E. Strane
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Abstract
The 91.5-cm (36-in.) airborne infrared telescope installed in a Cl4lA StarLifter as a national IR observatory is described. Emphasis is placed on those features and subsystems which will be used directly in experimen-tation utilizing the telescope system.
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R. M. Cameron and R. E. Strane "Airborne Infrared Astronomy Telescope", Proc. SPIE 0044, Instrumentation in Astronomy II, (1 September 1974); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953925
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KEYWORDS
Telescopes

Space telescopes

Mirrors

Infrared telescopes

Gyroscopes

Observatories

Control systems

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