Space.com's NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is no more. Here's what's next for infrared astronomy. says:

The best infrared eye in the universe^† has closed, and scientists will need to wait at least a year before any similar instrument is at work again.

NASA turned off its Spitzer Space Telescope yesterday (Jan. 30), ending a 16-year mission.

In addition to being a telescope, it also a spacecraft with a trajectory, mass, power and possibly some propulsion.

Question: What is the schedule for Spitzer[s end-of-life and what will be its final status? Will it be adrift without any communications any time soon?

^†that we know of at least.

See also in meta: What might a tag for the disabling, neutralization, or passivation of a spacecraft at EOM or some subsystem be called?