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Spitzer Space Telescope
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SST | SST (patch) |
This page contains philatelic information on the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) satellite. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The SST is also known as the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF).
A contest led to SST being named in honor of physicist and astronomer Lyman Spitzer Jr. (1914 - 1997).
SST is one of four NASA "Great Observatories", along with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), and the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO).
Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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Spitzer / SST | Spitzer / SST | Spitzer / SST |
SST (on other than SST launch covers) |
Below is a list of Spitzer / SST satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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Spitzer / SST | ||||
Congo (Democratic Republic) | Mi2191A-2193A_ms3_vert Mi2191B-2193B_ms3_vert | In (lower-right) margin of MS3 (Mi2191A-2193A) vertical In (lower-right) margin of imperforate MS3 (Mi2191B-2193B) vertical | 2013 | "Spitzer" (Space Telescope) |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | Mi2191A-2193A_ms3_horiz Mi2191B-2193B_ms3_horiz | In (left) margin of MS3 (Mi2191A-2193A) horizontal In (left) margin of imperforate MS3 (Mi2191B-2193B) horizontal | ||
Guinea Republic | B43a (BL332A, Mi1254A) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 (B43) | 1989 | "Télescope Lyman" (Spitzer) (but early-design Chandra/CXO depicted) |
Guinea Republic | 2224b (BL none) i2224b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2224) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2224) | 2003 | |
Guinea Republic | 2224b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2225b (BL none) i2225b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2225) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2225) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2225b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2226a (BL820A) i2226a (BL820B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (2226) In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i2226) | "Téléscope SIRTF" (Spitzer Space Telescope) | |
Guinea Republic | 2226a fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2226b (BL none) i2226b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2226) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2226) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2226b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2227b (BL none) i2227b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2227) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2227) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2227b fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2228b (BL none) i2228b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2228) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2228) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2228b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2229b (BL none) i2229b (Mi4052B) | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2229) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2229) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2229b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2230b (BL none) i2230b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2230) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2230) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2230b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | 2231b (BL none) i2231b | In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x 2231) In (upper-left and lower-right) margins of imperforate MS4 (4x i2231) | ||
Guinea Republic | 2231b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | Mi5843A Mi5843B | One of MS6 (Mi5838A-5843A) One of imperforate MS6 (Mi5838B-5843B) | 2008 | "Spitzer Space Telescope" |
Guinea Republic | Mi5838A-5843A_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | BL1580 | On stamp of SS1 | ||
Guinea Republic | BL1581A BL1581B | In (left) margin of SS1 In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | ||
Guinea Republic | BL1581A fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Guinea Republic | Mi7624 | One of MS6 (Mi7619-7624) | 2010 | "Lyman Spitzer" (after whom the SST was named) |
Guinea Republic | Mi7619-7624_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
Madagascar | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2018 | "Spitzer télescope spatial" |
Maldive Islands | 2957 (Mi4695-4698) | MS4 (2957 (a-d)) | 2008 | "Spitzer Space Telescope" |
Maldive Islands | 3941d (Mi7086) | One of MS4 (3941 (a-d)) (Mi7083-7086) | 2017 | "Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)" |
Maldive Islands | 3941 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Moldova | None | Personalized postage | 2014 | "Telescopul Spaţial Spitzer" |
Sierra Leone | 2931a (Mi5122) | One of MS6 (2931 (a-f)) (Mi5122-5127) | 2009 | "Spitzer Space Telescope" |
Tanzania | 2541 (Mi4624-4627) | MS4 (2541 (a-d)) | 2009 | "Spitzer Space Telescope" |
United States | SP2015 | (USPS) souvenir page (5069-5076) | 2016 | "Spitzer Space Telescope" (SST) |
United States | CP966 | (USPS) commemorative panel (5069-5076) | "NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003, has given us unique infrared data" |
Below is a list of Spitzer / SST satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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2003-08-24: Spitzer / SST | ||||
United States | 2003-08-24 | Pasadena CA | (Mission Management Station) cancel and (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on cover | SST (SIRTF) launch |
SST (on other than SST launch covers) | ||||
United States | 2009-12-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of Explorer-92 launch cover, also front | "Spitzer" (Space Telescope) |
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