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Following the launch of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) in November 1995, this video contains footage of the February 1996 press conference to dscuss the first results obtained from the satellite. Speakers present: Roger Bonnet, ESA science director; Hans Steinz, ISO project manager; Martin Kessler, ISO project scientist; Peter Clegg, long-wavelength spectrometry; Thijs de Graw, short-wavelength spectometry; Dietrich Lemke, imaging photometry; Catherine Cesarsky, camera; and Jean-Marie Luton, ESA director-general. The conference is augmented by slides throughout, and ends with a session for questions to the panel.
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