What does SIRTF stand for?

Space Infrared Telescope Facility (now Spitzer Space Telescope; NASA)

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of Arizona), who was involved with the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) also known as the Spitzer, tells the story of the creation of the project in 1983, political and managerial issues at NASA that impeded its progress, budget problems during a period of downsizing, its completion in 2002, launching in 2003, and first year in orbit.

The Last of the Great Observatories: Spitzer and the Era of Faster, ...

Previously known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and now renamed in honor of the late astronomer Lyman Spitzer Jr.

Orbiting telescope views infrared universe

The Space Infrared Telescope Facility, known as SIRTF, is the last of four Nasa spacecraft designed to peer deeper into the universe using an array of tools that measure light of varying wavelengths.

Telescope peers deeper into space

The next steps really will be to see what the Space Infrared Telescope Facility can tell us about these objects," notes Koekemoer.

Getting the GOODS on galaxies: a telescope views patches of the ...

NASA's planned fourth observatory, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, is scheduled to be launched in 2001 and will record light of lower energy.

HUGE TELESCOPE SET FOR LAUNCH TONIGHT

First will come the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, tentatively scheduled for launch in 2001.

STAR SEARCH; HUBBLE'S SUCCESSORS TO HUNT PLANETS

NYSE:DRS) today announced that its infrared sensors were used on two of the three astronomical instruments supporting the NASA Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which was launched last week.

DRS Technologies' Infrared Technology Supports NASA's Launch of ...

In a few months, NASA is scheduled to launch the Space Infrared Telescope Facility.

Planet formation on the fast track: growing up in a hurry