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R.A. Shafer (NASA / GSFC), S.H. Moseley (NASA / GSFC), P.A.R. Ade (QMWC), D.J. Benford (NASA / GSFC), E. Dwek (NASA / GSFC), F. Pajot (IAS), T.G. Phillips (Caltech), G.J. Stacey (Cornell)
SAFIRE is an imaging Fabry-Perot spectrograph covering 145\mum-655\mum, with spectral resolving power of ~500. Selected as a PI instrument for the SOFIA airborne observatory, SAFIRE will employ a two-dimensional pop-up bolometer array to provide background-limited imaging spectrometry. Superconducting transition edge bolometers and SQUID amplifiers have been developed for these detectors. SAFIRE will be a first light instrument for use during the initial SOFIA operations.