The Spitzer Space Telescope, the last of the four Great Observatories commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was successfully launched on August 25, 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. The engineering systems for Spitzer were developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, and Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp. This paper provides an overview of Spitzer, a technical description of all the engineering subsystems, and the associated challenges involved in developing them to satisfy the mission requirements. In addition, this paper describes the performance of the engineering subsystems during the In-Orbit Checkout phase, the Science Verification phase, and the early portions of the Nominal Mission.


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    Title :

    Spitzer Space Telescope : observatory desciption and performance


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentiation 2004 ; 2004 ; Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom


    Publication date :

    2004-06-21


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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