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What does IRAS stand for?
What does IRAS mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: IRAS.
| Term | Definition | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| IRAS | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore | |
| IRAS | Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy | |
| IRAS | Infra Red Astronomical Satellite | |
| IRAS | Implementation Of Readac Automated Systems | |
| IRAS | Inspector Recruitment Application System | |
| IRAS | Integrated Research Application System | |
| IRAS | Indian Railway Accounts Service | |
| IRAS | Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences | |
| IRAS | Retirement Accounts and Small | |
| IRAS | IPsec Remote Access Server | |
| IRAS | Integrated Research Approval System | |
| IRAS | Institute on Religion in an Age of Science Community » Religion -- and more... | |
| IRAS | Individual Retirement Accounts—and as | |
| IRAS | Individual Retirement Accounts share | |
| IRAS | Independent Radiation Assessment Services | |
| IRAS | Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy | |
| IRAS | Infra Red Source | |
| IRAs | Individual retirement arrangements | |
| IRAS | Internet Routing and Access Service |
What does IRAS mean?
- IRAS
- The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (Dutch: Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet) (IRAS) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths. Launched on 25 January 1983, its mission lasted ten months. The telescope was a joint project of the United States (NASA), the Netherlands (NIVR), and the United Kingdom (SERC). Over 250,000 infrared sources were observed at 12, 25, 60, and 100 micrometer wavelengths.Support for the processing and analysis of data from IRAS was contributed from the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology. Currently, the Infrared Science Archive at IPAC holds the IRAS archive.The success of IRAS led to interest in the 1985 Infrared Telescope (IRT) mission on the Space Shuttle, and the planned Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility which eventually transformed into the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, SIRTF, which in turn was developed into the Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003. The success of early infrared space astronomy led to further missions, such as the Infrared Space Observatory (1990s) and the Hubble Space Telescope's NICMOS instrument.
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