SPICA launched by JAXA
Q. SPICA is a infrared space telescope of -- Published on 14 Dec 15a. ESA
b. NASA
c. JAXA
d. ISRO
ANSWER: JAXA
- The Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA), initially called HII/L2 after the launch vehicle and orbit.
- It is a proposed infrared space telescope, follow-on to the successful AKARI spacecraft.
- It is planned to be launched in 2025.
- Its mission will be the study of star and planetary formation.
- It will be able to detect stellar nurseries in galaxies, protoplanetary discs around young stars, and exoplanets, helped by its own coronograph for the latter two types of objects.
