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Hubble Space Telescope
NASA and ESA space telescope (launched 1990). Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Apr 25, 1990).
COSPAR 1990-037BNORAD 20580United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Other names
- NAIF048
- International designator
- 1990-037B
- NORAD catalog number
- 20580
- GCAT identifier
- S20580
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/250
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Great Obs
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- HST
Launch
- Date
- April 24, 1990 · 12:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-037Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 611 km
- Apogee
- 620 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- April 25, 1990
- Last known active
- Feb 1, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 7,547 kg
- Dry mass
- 7,547 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 10.8 t
- Length
- 13.1 m
- Diameter
- 4.30 m
- Span
- 13.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2513 (CC0).