MIPS IOC Basics
MIPS is the long wavelength instrument on SIRTF, and demands the ultimate CTA minimum temperature for many IOC tasks.
Imaging at 24, 70, and 160 mm and spectroscopy using five independent focal plane apertures.
Four Science Operating Modes
Precision telescope scanning coupled to instrument operations
Cryogenic scan mirror mechanism is in nearly constant precision motion. It is one of only two moving parts in the SIRTF Science Instruments.