The IUE spacecraft and instrumentation
Abstract
The International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite operates as an astronomical observatory to provide both high and low resolution UV spectra of sources other than the Sun. The spacecraft, its instrumentation and the ground control system are described.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1978Natur.275..372B
- Keywords:
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- Ground Based Control;
- Iue;
- Satellite Design;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Ultraviolet Astronomy;
- Explorer Satellites;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite-Borne Photography;
- Solar Arrays;
- Ultraviolet Photography;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation