Spartan 1
Photo of the Spartan 1 satellite being deployed by the Space Shuttle Discovery's manipulator arm. (Credit: NASA)
Lifetime: June 1985
Country (primary): United States
Primary Science
The primary science objectives of Spartan 1 was to investigate the photon emission processes in clusters of galaxies and to study the center of our galaxy.
Science Highlights
- Observations of the Perseus cluster of galaxies and our galactic center region