Japan Gives Up On Astro-F Space Telescope

TOKYO — Japan has terminated operations for its first infrared space telescope, Astro-F, after controllers were unable to restore battery operations aboard the satellite. This satellite had renewed the 20-year-old all-sky maps made by Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), a joint project of the U...

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