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P80 534 PALESTINE.--THE LARGEST ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENT EVER FLOWN IN AIRCRAFT, BALLONS OR SATELLITES IS EXPECTED TO BE LAUNCHED LATER TODAY AT PALES1INE...WEATHER PERMITTING. THE INSTRUMENT IS A 40-INCH TELESCOPE AND ASSEMBLY. IT IS SCHEDULED TO LIFT OFF FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO DETECT RADIATION IN THE 100-MICRON WAVE LENGTH REGION OF tHE SPECTRUM. THE EMISSIONS USUSALLY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EXTREMELY COLD OBJECTS IN SPACE SUCH AS THE INTERSTELLAR DUST CLOUDS, AND THE OUTER PLANETS. ATTACHED TO A BALLOON, THE TELECOPE WILL FLOAT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 18 MILES AND WILL BE ABOVE MOST OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. SIMILAR OBSERVATIONS ON THE GROUND ARE IMPOSSIBLE. 11:36ACD 10-04-72 AP1.c t