2003 · United States Air Force
Spitzer Space Telescope
successDelta II | Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope was an infared space telescope with a planned mission period of 2.5 years - which actually stayed fully operational until 2009.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 25, 2003 at 05:35 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Heliocentric N/A