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This chapter describes how space based observatories have influenced the study of the diffuse ISM by their opening of the full electromagnetic spectrum to imaging and spectroscopic study. From the radio to gamma-rays, satellites have contributed substantially heavily to the field. We review some of the more significant missions and describe some of their special capabilities for studying the diffuse ISM since many of these satellites have produced significant archival databases.
In a new adventure of discovery no one can foretell what will be found, and it is probably safe to predict that the most important new discovery that will be made with flying telescopes will be quite unexpected and unforeseen.
— Lyman Spitzer, Jr. 1961, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (May 1961), Vol. 17, No. 5, 194.
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The IRAS mission also served as the pathfinder for COBE, in the sense that analysis of the IRAS data led to models of the Galactic dust component.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 518, July–August 2010.
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The UV spectra shown in Chap. 3 for the nova T Pyx were obtained with STIS.
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The first firm detection of Galactic gamma rays was with the experiment flown on the OSO-3 satellite in 1967.
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Magnani, L., Shore, S.N. (2017). Observing the Diffuse ISM: The Space Missions. In: A Dirty Window. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 442. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54350-4_5
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