Spitzer Space Telescope

NASA infrared space telescope (2003–2020)

The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope that was active between 2003 and 2020. Spitzer was the third space telescope dedicated to infrared astronomy, following IRAS (1983) and ISO (1995–1998). It was the first spacecraft to use an Earth-trailing orbit, later used by the Kepler planet-finder telescope.

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النوع

تلسكوب فضائي

الوكالة

NASA

تاريخ الإطلاق

25 أغسطس 2003

الصاروخ

Delta II 7920H

موقع الإطلاق

Cape Canaveral SLC-17B

انتهاء المهمة

2020

المعرّف الدولي

2003-038A

النموذج ثلاثي الأبعاد

NASA/Janice C. Lee; NASA/Robert L. Hurt