IRAS
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In 1983 the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, or IRAS, was launched.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 16, 2021
The cause of the jubilation is a one-ton cylindrical-shaped object called the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, or IRAS.
From Time Magazine Archive
On April 25 it was detected by the new U.S.-British-Dutch Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS.
From Time Magazine Archive
IRAS, by contrast, operates at the other end of the electromagnetic spectrum: it "sees" in the dark by detecting the long waves of infrared radiation, or heat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMION, IRAS, and Train O madam, I have seen what blasts my eyes!
From All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy by John Dryden
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