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Spitzer Heritage Archive

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Name of repository
Spitzer Heritage Archive
Additional name(s)
  • SHA
Repository URL
https://sha.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/Spitzer/SHA/
Subject(s)
Description
Spitzer is the final mission in NASA's Great Observatories Program - a family of four orbiting observatories, each observing the Universe in a different kind of light (visible, gamma rays, X-rays, and infrared). Spitzer is also a part of NASA's Astronomical Search for Origins Program, designed to provide information which will help us understand our cosmic roots, and how galaxies, stars and planets develop and form.
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
88 billion rows of catalog data, 100 million images, and over 100,000 spectra
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/spitzermission/missionoverview/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
2003-08-25
Offline
2026

Institutions (5)

Institution name
California Institute of Technology
Additional name(s)
  • Caltech
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
California Institute of Technology, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Additional name(s)
  • IPAC
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Jet Propulsions Laboratory
Additional name(s)
  • JPL
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NASA
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Spitzer Science Center
Additional name(s)
  • SSC
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy name
IRSA Privacy Statement

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (3)

Data license
other
Data license
Public Domain
Data license
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/22825/

Remarks

Remarks
Other missions in NASA's Great Observatories Program include the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory(CXO).
Entry date
2014-02-07
Last update
2026-04-24
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re3data.org: Spitzer Heritage Archive; editing status 2026-04-24; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R30K79 last accessed: 2026-06-11