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PRIMA

(Probe Far-infrared Mission for Astrophysics)
(concept for 2030s NASA 1.8-m FIR space telescope)

PRIMA (for Probe Far-infrared Mission for Astrophysics) is a proposed 2030s NASA far infrared cryogenically-cooled space reflector telescope to be placed at L2. Its wavelength range spans much of the gap between that of ALMA and that of JWST. It is designed both for astronomical survey work and pointed observation. A five-year life is envisioned. Proposed instruments:


PRIMA is also the name of a former ESO VLT instrument.


(telescope,reflector,spacecraft,infrared,concept,NASA,L2)
Further reading:
https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023AAS...24116008G/abstract
https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/download/MediaFile/46/binary/original
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.20572
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
24μm13THz52meVbeginPRIMA
235μm1.3THz5.3meVendPRIMA

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