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    Far InfraRed Interferometer (FIRI)

    Date: 09 Oct 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: 01 Mar 2007

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