ISO

Other Designations: Infrared Space Observatory. Class: Astronomy. Type: Infrared. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: Europe. Agency: ESA.

Infrared astrophysics.

Typical orbit: 1110 km x 70504 km at 5 degrees inclination. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44P.

ISO Chronology

1995 November 17 - ISO - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44P. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Perigee: 1,110 km (680 mi). Apogee: 70,504 km (43,809 mi). Inclination: 5.10 deg. Period: 1,417.80 min.
Infrared Space Observatory; IR astrophysics. As of 6 September 2001 located at 168.62 deg E drifting at 5.004 deg E per day. As of 2007 Mar 6 located at 167.18W drifting at 5.668E degrees per day.

Bibliography and Further Reading

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

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