Spitzer Space Telescope launch. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), being launched onboard a

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Spitzer Space Telescope launch. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), being launched onboard a Delta II Heavy launch vehicle. The Spitzer Space Telescope is an infrared space observatory launched in 2003. Photographed at Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA, on 25th August 2003.

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