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  skos:prefLabel "Solar/Space Observation Satellites"@en ;
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  skos:definition """The Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS)was a joint scientific
project sponsored by the United Kingdom, the United States, and
the Netherlands. IRAS was launched in January of 1983 and ended
its mission ten months later. IRAS' mission was to map the
entire sky at infrared wavelengths. It was equipped with a
special infrared telescope to scan the sky. IRAS was the first
satellite to discover a comet. The comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock was
named for the probe and two co-discovering astronomers. During
its lifespan, IRAS observed 20,000 galaxies, 130,000 stars and
90,000 other space objects and star clusters. IRAS detectors
found a disk of dusty material and fine rock around the star
Vega which may be an early stage in the formation of a new solar
system. IRAS' most famous discovery was that of a new type of
galaxy, a starburst galaxy. In starburst galaxies, new stars are
forming more rapidly than in other types of galaxies.

Additional information available at
"http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/iras/"


Group: Platform_Details
   Entry_ID: IRAS
   Group: Platform_Identification
      Platform_Category: Solar/Space Observation Satellites
      Short_Name: IRAS
      Long_Name: Infrared Astronomy Satellite
   End_Group
   Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
      Short_Name: IRAS
   End_Group
   Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
      Short_Name: OPTICAL TELESCOPES
      Short_Name: LRS - Low Resolution Spectrometer
      Short_Name: CPC - Chopped Photometric Channel
   End_Group
   Group: Orbit
      Orbit_Inclination: 99 degrees
      Perigee: 884 km
      Apogee: 903 km
   End_Group
   Creation_Date: 2008-01-14
   Online_Resource: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/I/IRAS.html
   Sample_Image: http://www.daviddarling.info/images/IRAS.jpg
   Group: Platform_Logistics
      Launch_Date: 1983-01-23
      Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
      Primary_Sponsor: NASA
   End_Group
End_Group"""@en ;
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