Hubble Space Telescope
A space observatory in low Earth orbit. Length, mirror, orbit, and power below are the figures on NASA's about page. This card is the science entry. The James Webb Space Telescope is filed separately under spacecraft.
- What
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Where
- Low Earth orbit, about 300 miles, inclined 28.5 degrees (NASA about page)
- When
- Jan 1, 1990
- Who
- NASA
- Status
- U.S. government work (public domain). Credit: NASA. Linked, not rehosted.
Sources
Record details
Public NASA overview. Servicing missions changed the telescope's mass; both the launch mass and the post-SM4 mass are printed on the page and kept distinct here.
Source: NASA.