Infrared telescope

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James Webb Space Telescope

2021Infrared telescope

The successor to Hubble. Located 1.5 million km from Earth. Its sunshield is the size of a tennis co...

Spitzer Space Telescope

2003Infrared telescope

One of the NASA Great Observatories. Observed the universe in infrared light from an Earth-trailing ...

Herschel Space Observatory

2009Infrared telescope

Carried the largest single mirror flown in space at the time of its launch. A European mission obser...