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ISO

successAriane 44P | ISO

SO (Infrared Space Observatory) was a infrared space telescope designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS and NASA. ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometers to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources.

Overview

Date / time
November 17, 1995 at 01:20 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 2
Mission
ISO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Ariane 44P →
Launch provider
Arianespace →

Payloads deployed · 1

ISO
HEO