A Japanese infrared space telescope launched in 2006 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to conduct an all-sky survey in infrared light with far greater sensitivity and resolution than the pioneering IRAS mission of the 1980s. Its resulting catalog of infrared sources has been widely used alongside data from WISE and other infrared surveys.
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LocationSun-synchronous polar orbit at 700 km altitude 1 MeasuresAn all-sky survey mapping the entire sky in six infrared bands from 9 to 180 microns 1 Operating PrincipleA 68.5 cm telescope cooled to 6 K observing across the 2 to 180 micron wavelength range 1 Classification
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1. AKARI, ESA Cosmos
Launch section
It was successfully launched at 21:28 (UT) on 21 February 2006 by an M-V rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center (USC), Japan.
Orbit section
from a sun-synchronous polar orbit at 700 km altitude
Mission objective section
mapping the entire sky in six infrared bands from 9 to 180 micron
Telescope description section
AKARI operated with a 68.5 cm-diameter telescope cooled down to 6K and observed in the wavelength range 2-180 micron
Telescope description section, band clause
observed in the wavelength range 2-180 micron
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AKARI (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea.
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Operator: JAXA
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