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The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
will be launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral,
Florida in August 2003. During its 2.5-year mission, SIRTF will
obtain images and spectra by detecting infrared emission between
wavelengths of 3 and 180 microns. Consisting of a 0.85-meter telescope
and three cryogenically-cooled science instruments, SIRTF will be
the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space.
STScI provides support to SIRTF for operational pipeline processing
(OPUS) and planning and scheduling (SPIKE).
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