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IRAC Instrument Handbook - IRSA - California Institute of Technology

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DN<br />

Data Number.<br />

FET<br />

Field Effect Transistor.<br />

FOS<br />

Flight Operations System.<br />

FPA<br />

Focal Plane Assembly, housing one <strong>IRAC</strong> detector.<br />

InSb<br />

Acronyms 174<br />

<strong>IRAC</strong> <strong>Instrument</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong><br />

Indium Antimonide, the detector material used in the short wavelength channels <strong>of</strong> <strong>IRAC</strong> (1 and<br />

2).<br />

IOC<br />

In-Orbit Checkout, the two-month long testing period <strong>of</strong> the telescope following its launch.<br />

ISSA<br />

IRAS Sky Survey Atlas.<br />

JPL<br />

Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br />

MIC<br />

Multiple <strong>Instrument</strong> Chamber.<br />

PAO

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