First Light SOFIA Instruments
Abstract
Description
The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy SOFIA will become operational with the next two years. It will be the biggest astronomical airborne observatory ever build, comprising a 3m-class telescope onboard a Boeing 747SP. A suite of first-light instruments is under development striving for cutting edge technology to make SOFIA a milestone in infrared astronomy. Here we present an overview over the instrumentation and an update on the current status.
Invited talk presented at SPIE conf. on Infrared Spaceborne remote Sensing X, Seattle, July 2002, 13 pages, to be published in SPIE vol. 4818
Invited talk presented at SPIE conf. on Infrared Spaceborne remote Sensing X, Seattle, July 2002, 13 pages, to be published in SPIE vol. 4818