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		| Paper: | The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) |  
		| Volume: | 73, Airborne Astronomy Symposium on the Galactic Ecosystem: From Gas to Stars to Dust |  
		| Page: | 659 |  
		| Authors: | Helou, George; Kessler, Martin F. |  
		| Abstract: | ISO, scheduled to launch in 1995, will carry into orbit the most sophisticated infrared observatory of the decade. Overviews of the mission, instrument payload and scientific program are given, along with a comparison of the strengths of ISO and SOFIA. |  
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