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The first true infrared observatory in space, ESA's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), was launched 17 November 1995. Since one and a half years, it has made more than 15,000 observations with its four versatile instruments: a camera, a photo-polarimeter and two spectrometers. This paper presents an overview of the satellite, its payload, the operations of the observatory and gives an outlook of the events to come.
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Heske, A. The Infrared Space Observatory. Astrophysics and Space Science 258, 77–87 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001718903774
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