New Infrared Space Telescope To Be Placed In Solar Orbit Up To 170 Million Miles From Earth
A non-profit organization founded by a former NASA astronaut announced it is planning to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep space mission ... a space telescope to be placed in orbit around the Sun. Described as being akin to a combination of the Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes, the spacecraft, dubbed 'Sentinel', would be placed in a solar orbit ranging up to 170 million miles from Earth, for a mission of discovery and mapping.