
Spitzer Space Telescope - Wikipedia
The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003, that was deactivated when operations ended on 30 January 2020. [5][9] Spitzer was the third space telescope dedicated to infrared astronomy, following IRAS (1983) and ISO (1995–1998).
Spitzer Space Telescope - NASA Science
2025年2月4日 · What is Spitzer Space Telescope? NASA's Spitzer was the first telescope to detect light from an exoplanet, or a planet outside our solar system. Spitzer uses an ultra-sensitive infrared telescope to study asteroids, comets, planets and distant galaxies.
Spitzer Space Telescope
On January 30th 2020, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope completed its mission. This page tells its story, showcases new science and highlights its most outstanding achievements during the past 16 years in space.
Spitzer Space Telescope - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
2003年8月25日 · The Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003, was NASA’s Infrared Great Observatory. Among many other accomplishments in its 16 years of operation, Spitzer discovered a giant ring of Saturn, revealed a system of seven Earth-size planets around a star 40 light-years away, and studied the most distant known galaxies.
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical …
2020年1月30日 · Though it was not NASA’s first space-based infrared telescope, Spitzer was the most sensitive infrared telescope in history when it launched, and it delivered a deeper and more far-reaching view of the infrared cosmos than its predecessors.
10 Things: Spitzer Space Telescope - NASA Solar System Exploration
2018年8月12日 · NASA’s Kepler space telescope, famous for finding thousands of exoplanets – planets outside our solar system -- also settled in an Earth-trailing orbit six years after Spitzer. Spitzer imaged the coiled galaxy NGC 1097 during its cold mission.
Spitzer Space Telescope | Discoveries, Mission, & Facts - Britannica
2020年1月30日 · Spitzer Space Telescope, U.S. satellite, the fourth and last of the NASA fleet of ‘Great Observatories.’ Studying the cosmos in infrared light, it discovered three planets in the habitable zone of the TRAPPIST-1 system and the outermost ring of Saturn.
Mission Overview - Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope was the final mission in NASA's Great Observatories Program - a family of four space-based observatories, each observing the Universe in a different kind of light. The other missions in the program include the visible-light Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), and the Chandra X-Ray ...
Spitzer Space Telescope - Quick Facts - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Aug. 25, 2003 — The Spitzer Space Telescope (then called the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, or SIRTF) launches aboard a Delta 7920H rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Spitzer Space Telescope - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
At its launch in 2003, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was the most sensitive infrared space telescope in history. Its 16-year lifetime revolutionized our view of the cosmos. Spitzer made discoveries from inside our solar system to nearly the edge of the Universe.