IRAS Explanatory Supplement
III. The IRAS Mission

Chapter III Contents

1. Requirements
2. Constraints
   1. Introduction
   2. Attitude Control
   3. Solar Radiation
   4. Earth Radiation
   5. Moon and Planets
   6. South Atlantic Anomaly
   7. Station Passes
   8. Constant Sun Angle
   9. Ectipse Operations
3. Design
   1. Basic Strategy
   2. The Second Six Months
   3. Scan Rate
   4. Strategy during South Atlantic Anomaly Passage
   5. Moon and Jupiter Avoidance Strategy
   6. Strategy of Attitude and Photometric Calibration
   7. Realization of Survey Strategy
   8. Half-Orbit Constraint
   9. Lune Constant
   10. Hole Recovery Strategy
   11. Pre-Survey Observations
4. In-Flight Modifications
   1. Introduction
   2. Polar Horns
   3. Operations Problems
   4. Saturation
   5. The 5° Gap
   6. Early Eclipse and Warm Up

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