Cosmic Exploration · observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope
Space-based · 2003 · Earth-trailing solar orbit
- Type
- Space-based
- Location
- Earth-trailing solar orbit
- Founded
- 2003
Notes
Infrared, so it had to be colder than its own targets; it drifted away from the Earth to stay cool and ran warm for eleven more years after the coolant ran out.
Open on the Cosmic Exploration shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.