1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach
IRAS
First all-sky infrared survey satellite.
Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1982
- Lead / partner
- United States / Netherlands / United Kingdom
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Infrared astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Delta 3910
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
Why it happened
IRAS flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States / Netherlands / United Kingdom's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First all-sky infrared survey satellite.
Results
First all-sky infrared survey satellite.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog