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The IUE spacecraft and instrumentation

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The International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite operates as an astronomical observatory to provide both high and low resolution UV spectra of sources other than the Sun. The spacecraft, its instrumentation and the ground control system are described.

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771

    A. Boggess, F. A. Carr, D. C. Evans, D. Fischel, H. R. Freeman, C. F. Fuechsel, D. A. Klinglesmith, V. L. Krueger, G. W. Longanecker, J. V. Moore, E. J. Pyle, F. Rebar, K. O. Sizemore, W. Sparks, A. B. Underhill, H. D. Vitagliano & D. K. West

  2. Astronomy Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Holland

    F. Macchetto & B. Fitton

  3. SRC Appleton Laboratory, Slough, Berks, UK

    P. J. Barker, E. Dunford, P. M. Gondhalekar, J. E. Hall, V. A. W. Harrison, M. B. Oliver, M. C. W. Sandford, P. A. Vaughan & A. K. Ward

  4. University College, Gower St, London, WC1, UK

    B. E. Anderson, A. Boksenberg, C. I. Coleman, M. A. J. Snijders & R. Wilson

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Boggess, A., Carr, F., Evans, D. et al. The IUE spacecraft and instrumentation. Nature 275, 372–377 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275372a0

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