The Launch of Spitzer

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The Spitzer Space Telescope was launched on a Delta II rocket on August 25, 2003 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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The Spitzer Space Telescope is a NASA mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This website is maintained by the Spitzer Science Center, located on the campus of the California Institute of Technology and part of NASA's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.

	July 23 The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World's Size
	July 2 Black Hole Fireworks in Nearby Galaxy
	June 19 Spitzer Spies an Odd, Tiny Asteroid
	June 12 Catching a 'Wave' of Galaxies Ending the Dark Ages
	June 4 New Suspect Identified in Supernova Explosion
	May 28 The 'Serpent' Star-forming Cloud Hatches New Stars

	News Release Space Infrared Telescope Facility Lifts Off ssc2003-01
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	July 23 Gauging an Alien World's Size
	July 2 Black Hole Jets Make Shock Waves
	July 2 Galactic Pyrotechnics on Display
	June 19 How to Measure the Size of an Asteroid
	June 19 Solid as a Rock? Porosity of Asteroids

The Spitzer Space Telescope website will be down on Tuesday July 29th from 9am PDT to 10am PDT for server maintenance. Thank you for your patience.

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