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Far InfraRed Interferometer (FIRI)


Date: 09 October 2006
Satellite: FIRI
Depicts: Maximum distance configuration of telescopes
Copyright: ESA

Side view of the Far InfraRed Interferometer in operational configuration, with the two telescopes placed at their maximum separation distance of 30 metres. The light from the two telescopes is directed to the beam mixer in the central payload module hub (light path indicated here in blue).

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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