HST

USA


International Sat. nº:

USA satellite nº:

Hubble Space Telescope, named as the American astrophysician Edwin Powell Hubble

Launch data:

Designation: 20580 / 90037B
Launch date24 Apr 1990 - 12:33:52 UT
Launch site:MLP2, KSC LC-39B
Launch vehicle: Shuttle STS-31
Mission:Government: Astrophysics/Planetary Science
Scientific: astronomy
Intermediate LEO Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee 611 x 620 km
Eccentricity 6.44E-04
Inclination 28.4 deg
Period 97.01 min

10 Nov 1997 - The Hubble Space Telescope hovers at the boundary of Earth and space in this picture, taken after Hubble′s second servicing mission in 1997.



Specifications

Prime contractorLockheed (spacecraft)
Perkin Elmer (mirror & telescope)
OperatorESA / NASA
Mass at launch11110 kg
Diameter4.25m
Height13.1 m
Solar array12 x 2.83 m
Stabilization3-axis
DC power2400 W
Design lifetime10 yrs - still active

Payload

Primary mirror diameter 2.4 m
Primary mirror mass 800 kg
Frequency bands UV, visible and near IR
Resolution 0.1 arcsecs
Pointing stability 0.007 arcsecs


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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is grappled by RMS - Credit: NASA.

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