Hubble Space Telescope

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The Hubble Space Telescope is a large, space-based observatory that has provided some of the most detailed images and data about the universe, revolutionizing modern astronomy and cosmology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial satellite
space observatory
space telescope
abbreviation HST
collaboration NASA–ESA collaboration
dataArchive Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes
diameter 4.2 meters
firstLightDate 1990-05-20
hasInstrument Advanced Camera for Surveys
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Fine Guidance Sensors
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Wide Field Camera 3
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
launchCountry United States
launchDate 1990-04-24
launchMission STS-31
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
length 13.2 meters
managingOrganization Space Telescope Science Institute
managingOrganizationLocation Baltimore, Maryland
linked to: Baltimore
mass 11110 kilograms
missionDurationExtended more than 30 years
missionDurationPlanned 15 years
namedAfter Edwin Hubble
notableDiscovery deep field images of distant galaxies
detailed imaging of protoplanetary disks
evidence for accelerated expansion of the universe
precise measurement of the Hubble constant
notableImage Hubble Deep Field
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Pillars of Creation
operator European Space Agency
NASA
orbitAltitude about 540 kilometers
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitPeriod about 95 minutes
orbitType low Earth orbit
partnerObservatory Chandra X-ray Observatory
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope
powerSource solar panels
previousInstrument Faint Object Camera
Faint Object Spectrograph
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
Wide Field and Planetary Camera
primaryMirrorDiameter 2.4 meters
program Great Observatories program
scientificDiscipline astronomy
cosmology
servicingMission STS-103
STS-109
STS-125
STS-61
STS-82
status operational
successor James Webb Space Telescope
wavelengthCoverage near-infrared
near-ultraviolet
visible light

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NASA launchedMission Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble Space Telescope abbreviation HST
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Hubble Space Telescope hasInstrument Fine Guidance Sensors
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Hubble Space Telescope notableImage Hubble Deep Field
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Hubble Space Telescope notableImage Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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James Webb Space Telescope predecessor Hubble Space Telescope
NASA Astrophysics Division overseesMission Hubble Space Telescope
Kuiper Belt object studiedBy Hubble Space Telescope
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Space Shuttle Discovery launchedPayload Hubble Space Telescope
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Epsilon Eridani observedBy Hubble Space Telescope
STS-61 missionType Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
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STS-61 payload Hubble Space Telescope
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Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes dataSource Hubble Space Telescope
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Pillars of Creation createdBy Hubble Space Telescope
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STS-125 servicedSpacecraft Hubble Space Telescope
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Faint Object Spectrograph observatory Hubble Space Telescope
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Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 partOf Hubble Space Telescope
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Advanced Camera for Surveys locatedOn Hubble Space Telescope
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Cosmic Origins Spectrograph partOf Hubble Space Telescope
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph telescopeFocus HST Science Instrument Bay
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Great Observatories program includes Hubble Space Telescope
Great Observatories program telescopeRole Hubble Space Telescope provides optical and ultraviolet observations
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