Spitzer Space Telescope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:coolingSystem liquid helium
gptkbp:cost $800 million
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 2020-01-30
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:TRAPPIST-1_planets
exoplanet atmospheres
brown dwarfs
dust disks around stars
galactic centers
star formation regions
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth varies (Earth-trailing solar orbit)
gptkbp:duration 16.5 years
gptkbp:fieldOfView 5.2 arcminutes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Spitzer Space Telescope
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Infrared_Array_Camera_(IRAC)
gptkb:Infrared_Spectrograph_(IRS)
gptkb:Multiband_Imaging_Photometer_(MIPS)
gptkbp:launched 2003-08-25
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_SLC-17B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7920H
gptkbp:mass 950 kg
gptkbp:missionType infrared astronomy
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lyman_Spitzer
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Joseph_Hunt
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkbp:orbitType heliocentric
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Great_Observatories_program
gptkbp:powers 375 watts
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Infrared_Astronomical_Satellite
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter 85 cm
gptkbp:projectScientist gptkb:George_Rieke
gptkb:Giovanni_Fazio
gptkb:James_Houck
gptkb:Lisa_Storrie-Lombardi
gptkb:Luisa_Rebull
gptkb:Michael_Werner
gptkb:Michelle_Thaller
gptkb:Robert_Hurt
gptkb:Thomas_Roellig
gptkb:Varoujan_Gorjian
gptkb:Sean_Carey
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:wavelengthRange 3–180 micrometers
gptkbp:website https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:TRAPPIST-1_planetary_system
gptkb:Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkb:Spitzer_Science_Center
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Class_I_protostar
gptkb:Delta_rocket_family
gptkb:NASA_space_science_missions
gptkb:Delta_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5