JAXA Will Launch Astro-F IR Telescope Early in 2006

JAXA says its Astro-F infrared telescope mission will be launched early next year on an M-5 booster from the Uchinoura space center at Kagoshima. The planetary observatory was due for launch in early 2004, but instrument problems caused a delay. JAXA expects the $185-million Astro-F to be the most...

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