STS-31 Hubble deployment

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STS-31 Hubble deployment was the 1990 Space Shuttle Discovery mission that placed the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit, revolutionizing astronomical observation.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
orbital spaceflight ⓘ
callsign Discovery ⓘ
commander Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewActivity telescope deployment operations using the Remote Manipulator System ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
followedByMission STS-41 ⓘ
landingDate 1990-04-29 ⓘ
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchDate 1990-04-24 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 ⓘ
launchVehicleType reusable crewed orbiter ⓘ
missionDesignation STS-31 ⓘ
missionDuration 1 hour ⓘ
16 minutes ⓘ
5 days ⓘ
missionNumberOfDiscovery 10 ⓘ
missionOutcome successful ⓘ
missionPatchFeature Hubble Space Telescope imagery ⓘ
missionSpecialist Bruce McCandless II ⓘ
Kathryn D. Sullivan ⓘ
Steven A. Hawley ⓘ
notableFor placing the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit ⓘ
revolutionizing astronomical observation ⓘ
objective conduct astronomical observations from low Earth orbit ⓘ
deploy the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee approximately 615 kilometers ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee approximately 600 kilometers ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
payloadMass about 11,110 kilograms ⓘ
pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr. ⓘ
precededByMission STS-36 ⓘ
primaryPayload Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
relatedProgram Great Observatories program ⓘ
relatedTelescope Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
remoteManipulatorSystemUsed Canadarm ⓘ
scientificImpact enabled high-resolution imaging of distant astronomical objects ⓘ
provided data leading to major advances in cosmology and astrophysics ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spaceShuttle Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
telescopeDeployed Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
telescopeOrbitAltitude about 600 kilometers ⓘ
telescopeOrbitType near-circular low Earth orbit ⓘ

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