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Hubble Space Telescope

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Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 1990-037BLaunched 4/24/1990
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
HST
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle
Launch Date
4/24/1990
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
615.5 km
Inclination
28.47 deg
Dry Mass
7,547 kg
Total Mass
10,843 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
AST
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin
Registry
COSPAR ID
1990-037B
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/250
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Mentions
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NASA decided in June 2024 not to pursue a private servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, concluding potential risks outweighed the benefits.

PlanLegalValue 3.4Dec 4, 2024Trump selects Isaacman to be NASA administrator

Building 29 at Goddard is the same facility used for assembly of elements of the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.

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CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Nov 12, 2024Roman Space Telescope reaches assembly milestone

NASA delayed a decision on proposed cuts to Chandra and smaller cuts to the Hubble Space Telescope until after Congress completes its fiscal year 2025 appropriations bills.

LegalFinancialValue 4.0Oct 31, 2024Members of Congress seek details on Chandra funding and operations

NASA has deferred plans to reduce operations of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope until after the agency receives its final appropriations for fiscal year 2025.

PlanFinancialValue 4.0Oct 24, 2024NASA delays decision on Chandra and Hubble cuts

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched by NASA in April 1990.

GeneralPlanValue 3.5Oct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

NASA announced a review in March 2024 to find ways to reduce the costs of operating both the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope.

LegalFinancialGeneralValue 2.3Jun 13, 2024Congressional letter asks NASA to rescind Chandra cuts

NASA will transition the Hubble Space Telescope to operate using only one of its three remaining gyros.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.6Jun 10, 2024Hubble limps along

Gyro 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope has been malfunctioning and has resulted in the telescope going into safe mode multiple times.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jun 10, 2024Hubble limps along

The 2024-05-01 letter stated that increased 2024-10-01 funding would support existing NASA missions, including the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, which faced cuts in the 2025 request.

FinancialPlanValue 3.0May 8, 2024Congressional letter seeks big increase in NASA science budget

In the 2022 senior review of astrophysics missions, NASA exempted the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope from the usual operational review.

LegalValue 3.0Apr 1, 2024A space telescope’s cloudy future

The fiscal year 2025 budget proposal reduces the Hubble Space Telescope operating budget from $98,300,000 in the final fiscal year 2024 spending bill to $88,900,000.

FinancialLegalValue 4.0Mar 21, 2024Astronomers criticize proposed space telescope budget cuts

NASA’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal released 2024-03-11 proposes reducing the operating budgets of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

FinancialLegalValue 3.5Mar 21, 2024Astronomers criticize proposed space telescope budget cuts

The Hubble Space Telescope image from 2022-10-08 shows debris from Dimorphos 285 hours after DART’s intentional impact on 2022-09-26.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.8Feb 27, 2024NASA confirms DART mission impact changed asteroid’s motion in space

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of IRAS 16562-3959 using its Wide Field Camera 3.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Feb 19, 2024Hubble views a massive star forming

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image featuring the spiral galaxy Markarian 1337, which is roughly 120 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Feb 13, 2024New NASA mission to study ultraviolet sky, stars, stellar explosions

Mike Massimino flew to space twice to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Dec 18, 2023Review: Moonshot

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990.

PlanValue 2.5Oct 14, 2023NASA considering budget cuts for Hubble and Chandra space telescopes

Low-Earth orbit (LEO) hosts the Hubble Space Telescope, the Copernicus Sentinel Earth observation satellites, and the International Space Station.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Jul 17, 2023ESA moves ahead with In-Orbit Servicing (IOS) missions

NASA issued a request for information in December 2022 seeking industry concepts for how to raise the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope.

LegalPlanValue 2.5May 14, 2023Astroscale and Momentus offer concept for reboosting Hubble

Astroscale and Momentus proposed working together to attach a vehicle to the Hubble Space Telescope and raise its orbit.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 14, 2023Astroscale and Momentus offer concept for reboosting Hubble