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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

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ISO Surveys of a Dusty Universe

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The joint USand German SOFIA project to develop and operate a 2.5 - meter infrared airborne telescope in a Boeing 747-SP is now well into development. Work on the aircraft and the telescope has started. First science fiights will begin in 2003 with 20% of the observing time assigned to German investigators. The observatory is expected to operate for over 20 years. The sensitivity, characteristics and science instrument complement are discussed. SOFIA will have instrumentation that will allow astronomical surveys that were not possible on the KAO. A future SOFIA project related to astrochemistry is discussed.

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  1. Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA

    Eric E. Becklin & Jochen M. M. Horn

  2. Universities Space Research Association, NASA Ames Research Center, MS T3B, 94035-1000, Moffett Field, CA

    Eric E. Becklin

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany

    D. Lemke , M. Stickel  & K. Wilke ,  & 

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Becklin, E.E., Horn, J.M.M. (2000). Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). In: Lemke, D., Stickel, M., Wilke, K. (eds) ISO Surveys of a Dusty Universe. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 548. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45553-1_52

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