Spitzer Beyond

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spitzer_sig16-14 August 26th, 2016

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC)

This artist's concept shows NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer begins its "Beyond" mission phase on Oct. 1, 2016. Spitzer is depicted in the orientation it assumes to establish communications with ground stations.

Spitzer is over 130 million miles (210 million kilometers) away from Earth, or about 1.5 times the distance between Earth and the Sun. The selected research proposals for Spitzer's Beyond phase include a variety of objects that the mission was not originally planned to address -- such as galaxies in the early universe, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way and exoplanets.

Spitzer faces increasing challenges and risks in its Beyond phase. To enable this riskier mode of operations, the mission team will have to override some autonomous safety systems. Mission engineers are hard at work preparing for these new challenges.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6231-sig16-14-Spitzer-Beyond

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

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Spitzer Space Telescope
Subject - Solar System
Technology > Observatory > Telescope
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sig16-14
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A.8.1.2  
Subject Name
Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC)
Release Date
2016-08-26
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Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6231-sig16-14-Spitzer-Beyond
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Good
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Equinox
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
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Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID
spitzer
Resource ID
sig16-14.tif
Metadata Date
2016-08-26
Metadata Version
1.2
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