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PIA04265: Finishing Touches for Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
Finishing Touches for Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
Mission: Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
Spacecraft: Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
Product Size: 600 samples x 921 lines
Produced By: Lockheed Martin Space Systems
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Technicians put final touches on NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Sunnyvale, Calif. It will soon be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it is scheduled to launch on April 15. The mission will observe the coldest, oldest and most dust-obscured objects in the universe.
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