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most citedThe Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): Mission Description and Initial On-orbit Performance

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astro-ph.IM2026

Tracing the Boundary of the South Atlantic Anomaly Region with SPHEREx Transient Flagging Rates

Chi H. Nguyen, James Bock, Sean Bryan +10

The NASA SPHEREx satellite was launched in 03/2025 to survey the full sky between 0.75 - 5.0 um. The image processing of SPHEREx H2RG detectors includes real-time flagging of trans…

astro-ph.IM2026

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, testing and performance measurements of the NIR spectroscopic surveyor from the laboratory to in-orbit commissioning

Phil M. Korngut, James J. Bock, Samuel Condon +90

The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC. In addition to providing the community with a spectral databa…

astro-ph.EP2026

SPHEREx Re-Observation of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS in December 2025: Detection of Increased Post-Perihelion Activity, Refractory Coma Dust, and New Coma Gas Species

C. M. Lisse, Y. P. Bach, S. A. Bryan +13

In December-2025, the NASA SPHEREx spacecraft re-observed ISO 3I/ATLAS post-perihelion, finding a much more active object compared to August-2025 SPHEREx pre-perihelion observation…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 33 cited

The SPHEREx Satellite Mission

James J. Bock, Asad M. Aboobaker, Joseph Adamo +111

SPHEREx, a NASA explorer satellite launched on 11 March 2025, is carrying out the first all-sky near-infrared spectral survey. The satellite observes in 102 spectral bands from 0.7…

astro-ph.IM2025

Optimized Observation Sequencing in Low-Earth Orbit with the SPHEREx Survey Planning Software

Sean Bryan, James Bock, Thomas Burk +23

SPHEREx is a NASA infrared astronomy mission that launched on March 12th, 2025 and is operating successfully in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The mission is currently observing the entire…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

SPHEREx Discovery of Strong Water Ice Absorption and an Extended Carbon Dioxide Coma in 3I/ATLAS

C. M. Lisse, Y. P. Bach, S. Bryan +17

In mid-August 2025, 0.75-5.0 micron SPHEREx imaging spectrophotometric and ancillary NASA-IRTF SpeX 0.7-2.5 micron low-resolution spectral observations of Interstellar Object 3I AT…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 764 cited

Initial Performance of the NEOWISE Reactivation Mission

A. Mainzer, J. Bauer, R. M. Cutri +32

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft has been brought out of hibernation and has resumed surveying the sky at 3.4 and 4.6 um. The scientific objectives of t…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 8k cited

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): Mission Description and Initial On-orbit Performance

Edward L. Wright, Peter R. M. Eisenhardt, Amy Mainzer +35

The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite and the…