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Spitzer Space Telescope

Also known as Spitzer, Space Infrared Telescope Facility, SIRTF

NASA · Launched

Explore trajectory

Completed · Success

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was designed to detect infrared radiation from a heliocentric, Earth-trailing orbit around the Sun.

Destinations

No celestial-body destination recorded; this extended-scope observatory studies a non-body scientific domain.

Launch vehicle
Delta II Heavy 7925H
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, Florida / SLC-17B
Countries
United States
Mission types
Observatory

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Spitzer Space Telescope launched

    Earth

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Spitzer Space Telescope · Spacecraft

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: August 25, 2003 to December 31, 2035

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Spitzer Space Telescope: Reconstructed · August 25, 2003 to December 31, 2035

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through September 15, 2026