A private American company will revive the "Great Observatory" Spitzer, which is located behind the Sun

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hasProgram

The Great Observatories, in which four telescopes were launched into space.One of them is called Spitzer.It's been shut down for a few yearsback, but may soon be back to work.

What is known

Spitzer is behind the Sun.In this regard, scientists from NASA lost contact with him. Due to the inability to resume communications in 2020, the space agency decided to turn off the observatory. Now it is twice as far from the Sun as our planet.

Rhea Space Activity will help bring the telescope back to life. It will develop a 1 x 1 meter satellite that will head towards Spitzer and be used as a repeater.

The US Space Force has awarded a grant of$250,000 for the development of the device. It is expected that it will go to the telescope in 2020. Along the way, the satellite will study solar flares, and upon arrival will assess the condition of Spitzer.

In conclusion, we add that Spitzer is the mosta new telescope from the four "Great Observatories". It was launched in 2003. Hubble was the first to go into space, in 1990, followed by Compton (1991) and Chandra (1999). Compton was sunk in the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after one of their gyroscopes failed.