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Mission record

Spitzer Space Telescope

Also known as Spitzer, Space Infrared Telescope Facility, SIRTF

NASA · Launched

Explore trajectory

Completed · Success

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was designed to detect infrared radiation from a heliocentric, Earth-trailing orbit around the Sun.

Destinations

No celestial-body destination recorded; this extended-scope observatory studies a non-body scientific domain.

Launch vehicle
Delta II Heavy
Launch site
Not recorded
Countries
United States
Mission types
Observatory

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Spitzer Space Telescope launched

    Earth

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Spitzer Space Telescope · Spacecraft

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.

Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through September 6, 2026