Spitzer Space Telescope

The spitzer space telescope made many important discoveries in the solar system during its 16 year long mission and it is important to capture the highlights of these with useful references for.
Spitzer space telescope. The spitzer space telescope made many important discoveries in the solar system during its 16 year long mission and it is important to capture the highlights of these with useful references for future scientists to use in their research says carey m. The spitzer space telescope is 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 spitzer space telescope formerly the space infrared telescope facility sirtf was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 january 2020. Launched in 2003 spitzer contained infrared detectors of unprecedented sensitivity providing astronomers a never before possible look at the universe.
Spitzer is designed to detect infrared radiation which is primarily heat radiation. Satellite the fourth and last of the national aeronautics and space administration fleet of great observatories satellites. Spitzer space telescope u s. The spitzer space telescope made many important discoveries in the solar system during its 16 year long mission and it is important to capture the highlights of these with useful references for.
It studied the cosmos at infrared wavelengths.