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Rockwell Scientific to Make Telescope IR Sensors

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 15 -- The University of Arizona announced it has selected Rockwell Scientific Co. LLC to provide the infrared focal plane arrays for the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared camera (NIRCam) under an award from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "The detector arrays to be supplied by Rockwell Scientific are the heart of the NIRCam instrument, and they enable the sensitive measurements that make the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission so exciting," said Marcia Rieke, the university's principal investigator for the NIRCam instrument. JWST, part of NASA's...Read full article

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    Published: December 2003
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    astronomyBasic Scienceinfrared focal plane arraysJames Webb Space Telescopenear-infrared cameraNews & FeaturesNIRCamRockwell ScientificSensors & DetectorsUniversity of Arizona

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