IRIS
Satellite information IRIS
| Spacetrack Directory Name | IRIS |
| Alternative name | INTERFACE REGION IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH |
| Follow IRIS | IRIS Tracker |
| Pass predictions IRIS | Pass predictions IRIS |
| Orbit launches |
2013-06-28 (11 years ago)
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| Days in orbit | 4121 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | WRAS |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 614 km/h |
| Apogee | 652 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 97.96° |
| Laps per day | 15 |
| Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
| Height IRIS | 636.01 km |
Additional information IRIS
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), also called Explorer 94, is a NASA solar observation satellite. The mission was funded through the Small Explorer program to investigate the physical conditions of the solar limb, particularly the chromosphere of the Sun. The spacecraft consists of a satellite bus and spectrometer built by the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), and a telescope provided by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. IRIS is operated by LMSAL and NASA's Ames Research Center.
The satellite's instrument is a high-frame-rate ultraviolet imaging spectrometer, providing one image per second at 0.3 arcsecond angular resolution and sub-?ngström spectral resolution.
NASA announced on 19 June 2009 that IRIS was selected from six Small Explorer mission candidates for further study, along with the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism (GEMS) space observatory.The spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 16 April 2013 and was successfully launched on 27 June 2013 by a Pegasus-XL rocket.
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