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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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Once mated to the Hubble Space Telescope, the Vigoride OSV would perform maneuvers to raise the telescope by 50 km.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5May 9, 2023Astroscale + Momentus offer NASA a solution to reboost Hubble
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NASA published a request for information on 2022-12-22 seeking industry concepts for how to reboost the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope.

LegalPlanValue 2.4Dec 22, 2022NASA requests information on Hubble reboost options

The Roman Space Telescope is designed to capture images with quality comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope while providing a Wide Field Instrument field of view more than 100 times greater.

CapabilityValue 4.0Dec 5, 2022Ball Aerospace integrates the opto-mechanical assembly for the Roman Space Telescope

NASA is preparing to decommission the agency’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, which provided communications for the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and numerous NASA Earth-observation satellites.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Nov 14, 2022Inmarsat Selects Rocket Lab to Develop L-band Radio for NASA's Communications Services Project

NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have provided complementary data for M74.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.0Aug 31, 2022Webb inspects the heart of the Phantom Galaxy

NASA spends about $85,000,000 per year on SOFIA, more than any other operational astrophysics mission except the Hubble Space Telescope.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Apr 28, 2022NASA and DLR to end SOFIA operations

Testing will be conducted in a high-fidelity simulator before attempting the switch on the Hubble Space Telescope.

PlanValue 3.6Jul 1, 2021NASA taking “careful and deliberate” approach to repairing Hubble computer

NASA is restoring operations of the Hubble Space Telescope, which has been out of service since mid-June due to a payload computer malfunction.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 1, 2021NASA taking “careful and deliberate” approach to repairing Hubble computer

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope resumed observations at 8 p.m. Eastern on 2021-03-11.

PlanValue 2.5Mar 12, 2021Aging Hubble returns to operations after software glitch

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in April 1990.

PlanValue 3.0Mar 12, 2021Aging Hubble returns to operations after software glitch

The four RS-25 engines involved in the Green Run previously supported Space Shuttle missions that docked with the Russian Mir space station, returned U.S. Senator John Glenn to space, helped construct the International Space Station, and carried astronauts to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jan 5, 2021Four Aerojet Rocketdyne Engines Will Hot Fire In Unison For The First Time For NASA’s SLS Test Series

The Space Network comprises seven satellites and four ground stations that provide the bulk of communications for more than 40 missions including the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 24, 2020Starliner flight raises profile of Space Network

The Hubble Space Telescope received $98,300,000 in 2019 and was allocated $88,300,000 in NASA’s 2021 budget request.

FinancialValue 5.0Feb 13, 2020NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory faces termination again

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 and was last serviced in 2009.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Jan 28, 2019The future of space-based astronomy may depend on two large ground-based telescopes

Discovering 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) required a concentrated effort using the Hubble Space Telescope, with astronomers finding the object in 2014.

GeneralValue 2.0Dec 31, 2018New Horizons team looking ahead to another flyby

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 and was last serviced in 2009.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Oct 27, 2018Hubble resumes observations after gyro repaired

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope resumed normal science operations at 9 p.m. Eastern on 2023-10-26.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Oct 27, 2018Hubble resumes observations after gyro repaired

The Hubble Space Telescope has been in a safe mode since 2018-10-05 following failure of one gyro and another gyro not performing at the level required for operations.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 12, 2018NASA addressing problems with Hubble and Chandra space telescopes

The Hubble Space Telescope entered a protective safe mode around 5 p.m. Eastern on 2018-10-05 after one of three gyros actively being used to orient the spacecraft malfunctioned.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 8, 2018Hubble in safe mode after gyro failure