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Wide-Field Infrared Explorer
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The Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) was a small satellite carrying a cryogenically cooled infrared telescope designed to study starburst galaxies -- vast clouds of molecular gas cradling the sites of newborn stars.
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WIRE
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Deep Space and Science Missions and Projects
Date of creation
20-Apr-2011
Accepted term
20-Apr-2011
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