Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Department of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
Laboratory of Infrared Astrophysics (LIRA)
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Ongoing Missions
SPICA
A next generation infrared astronomical observatory in space.
AKARI
(ASTRO-F, Infrared Imaging Surveyor)
A survey type infrared astronomical satellite launched on February 2006. AKARI data archive is being constructed.
Past Missions
IRTS
(Infrared Telescope in Space)
The first infrared astronomical space mission in Japan. Launched in 1995.
ISO
Support at ISAS
Support for Japanese observers of the Infrared Space Observatory (ESA)
New Balloon-borne Observations
NITE
(Near Infrared Telescope Experiment)
BICE
(Balloon-borne Infrared Carbon Explorer)
LIRA Members
Miscellaneous
Tool for Calculation of Precession
CIO search by coordinate
Astronomical Catalogs (access restricted within ISAS)
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