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AKARI—Infrared Satellite Mission—Present Status and Early Results
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-008-9280-9
Bibcode: 2009EM&P..104..337O
Onaka, Takashi
AKARI, formerly known as ASTRO-F, is a satellite mission dedicated to infrared astronomy for the first time in Japan. It has a 685-mm aperture telescope with two focal-plane instruments cooled by liquid helium (LHe) and mechanical coolers on board for observations in the 2–180 µm infrared spectral range. AKARI was launched on 2006 February 2…
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