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Spitzer Space Telescope
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 25 Aug 2003, 05:35 am UTC
Rocket: Delta II (Delta)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Heliocentric N/A
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
The Spitzer Space Telescope was an infared space telescope with a planned mission period of 2.5 years - which actually stayed fully operational until 2009.