Space observatories that observe the sky in infrared light from orbit, above the atmosphere that absorbs most of it, including the James Webb Space Telescope, Spitzer, Herschel and the survey satellites IRAS and WISE. An observatory belongs here when its cited article calls it an infrared telescope or infrared astronomy satellite. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
All Infrared Space Telescopes
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James Webb Space Telescope (Wikipedia)
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy.
Spitzer Space Telescope (Wikipedia)
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The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope that was active between 2003 and 2020.
Herschel Space Observatory (Wikipedia)
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It was active from 2009 to 2013, and was the largest infrared telescope ever launched until the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.
Wikipedia: IRAS
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The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (Dutch: Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet) (IRAS) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths.
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wikipedia)
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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, observatory code C51, Explorer 92 and MIDEX-6) was a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009.
Wikipedia: Euclid (spacecraft)
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Euclid is a wide-angle space telescope with a 600-megapixel camera to record visible light, a near-infrared spectrometer, and photometer, to determine the redshift of detected galaxies.
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Wikipedia)
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope that was launched on a trajectory toward a Sun-Earth L2 orbit on 30 August 2026.
Wikipedia: Akari (satellite)
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AKARI (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea.
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