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The IUE spacecraft and instrumentationThe paper describes the general design, instrumentation, and ground control system of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite, which will serve as an astronomical observatory providing both high and low resolution UV spectra of sources other than the sun. Basic data are given on the telescope, the UV-visible converter, the spectrograph optics, the camera response, and the communications systems.
Document ID
19780069944
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1038/275372a0
Authors
Boggess, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Carr, F. A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Evans, D. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fischel, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Freeman, H. R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fuechsel, C. F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Klinglesmith, D. A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Krueger, V. L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Longanecker, G. W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Moore, J. V. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
October 5, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 275
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Accession Number
78A53853
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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