Infrared Astronomical Satellite: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- January 26, 1983
- Declared end
- November 23, 1983
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
In Galaxy
None of the targets this mission declares is in Galaxy’s catalogue.
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The IRAS mission was a joint program of the USA, the Netherlands, and the UK to conduct a survey of the sky in four IR wavelengths. It also made pointed observatons of selected astronomical and solar system objects.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.infrared_astronomical_satellite
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/