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The observatory.
The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is NASA's and DLR's (German
Space Agency) premier observatory for infrared and submillimeter astronomy into the next
century. A Boeing 747-SP aircraft will carry a 2.5-meter telescope designed to make
sensitive infrared measurements of a wide range of astronomical objects. It will fly at
and above 12.5 km (41,000 ft), where the telescope collects radiation in the wavelength
range from 0.3 micrometers to 1.6 millimeters region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
SOFIA Homepage
FORCAST Preliminary Design Review meeting, August 4, 1998.
Page last updated Oct 2005.