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🌡️ Spitzer Space Telescope

NASA's infrared Great Observatory — from an Earth-trailing solar orbit it revealed the dusty, hidden universe for 16 years, including the seven-planet TRAPPIST-1 system. Decommissioned in January 2020; it continues to fall further behind Earth every year.

🏢 NASA·🎯 Earth-trailing orbit·📅 Launched 2003-08-25·🌑 Mission ended
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