PIA23644: Spitzer Space Telescope Ready for Launch
The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility or SIRTF) is readied for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in 2003.
 Mission:  Spitzer Space Telescope 
 Instrument:  Spitzer Space Telescope 
 Product Size:  1960 x 3008 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NASA 
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The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility or SIRTF) is readied for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in 2003.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

More information on Spitzer can be found here:

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/

Image Credit:
NASA

Image Addition Date:
2020-01-22