File:Spitzer Space Telescope Launch.jpg
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English: NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) lifted off from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on August 25 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT. SIRTF, renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope after launch, obtained images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Consisting of a 0.85-meter telescope and three cryogenically cooled science instruments, SIRTF was the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space at the time. The fourth and final element of NASA’s family of orbiting “Great Observatories,” its highly sensitive instruments allowed us to peer into regions of space that are hidden from optical telescopes.
Operations ended on January 30, 2020. Image number: KSC-03pp2427 Date taken: August 25, 2003 |
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Date and time of data generation | 00:00, 25 August 2003 |
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City shown | Kennedy Space Center |
Image title | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) lifts off from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Aug. 25 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Consisting of a 0.85-meter telescope and three cryogenically cooled science instruments, SIRTF will be the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space. It is the fourth and final element in NASA’s family of orbiting “Great Observatories.” Its highly sensitive instruments will give a unique view of the Universe and peer into regions of space that are hidden from optical telescopes. |
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File change date and time | 16:05, 25 August 2003 |
Date and time of digitizing | 00:00, 25 August 2003 |
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Keywords | Delta II Heavy |
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