NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NASA's_Spitzer_Space_Telescope
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
infrared source
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs SST
Spitzer
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:NASA/IPAC_Infrared_Science_Archive
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Lockheed_Martin
gptkbp:contributedTo studying distant galaxies
TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet discovery
characterizing exoplanet atmospheres
mapping Milky Way's structure
gptkbp:cost $800 million
gptkbp:decommissioned 2020-01-30
gptkbp:discoveredBy exoplanets
brown dwarfs
dust disks
gptkbp:duration 16 years
gptkbp:firstLight 2003-08-29
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Infrared_Array_Camera_(IRAC)
gptkb:Infrared_Spectrograph_(IRS)
gptkb:Multiband_Imaging_Photometer_for_Spitzer_(MIPS)
gptkbp:launched 2003-08-25
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II
gptkbp:location solar orbit trailing Earth
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkbp:mass 950 kg
gptkbp:missionEndReason helium coolant depletion
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lyman_Spitzer
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType heliocentric
gptkbp:partOf NASA Great Observatories program
gptkbp:period cryogenic phase
warm mission phase
gptkbp:powers 375 watts
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter 85 cm
gptkbp:scienceOperationsCenter Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, Caltech
gptkbp:studiedBy asteroids
comets
galaxies
star formation
early universe
interstellar dust
gptkbp:temperature <5.5 K (cryogenic phase)
gptkbp:wavelengthRange infrared
gptkbp:website https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Youngest_Solar_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7