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The Spitzer space telescope. Artwork

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sou01-49001

Date

2006-11-14

Spitzer rendered against an infrared (100 micron) sky. The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003.