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The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
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    Mission Status


    During the course of the year, SWAS is presented with an ever changing view of the galactic plane. For the first year of the mission, the emphasis was largely on exploratory observations of a wide variety of targets.

    Each December, SWAS returns to the orbital configuration that it had at launch. Targets visible to the satellite at the beginning of the mission become available for observation once again.

    We have made a transition into an observing mode where we are making more detailed studies of particular objects (that is, deep integrations and mapping operations), as well as continuing to observe new objects as they become available.

    Text listing of objects observed to date





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    object inventory