Hubble Space Telescope
TelescopeReflecting telescope with a 2.4 m primary mirror, serviced in orbit by five Space Shuttle missions.
- Launch mass
- 10,843 kg
- Size
- 13.1 m × 4.3 m, span 13.1 m
- Power
- Solar
- Designator
- 1990-037B
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- Launched
- 24 Apr 199012:33:52 UTC
- Active for
- 36 years 6 months
- Destinations
- Low Earth orbit
Space telescope capable of observing the universe in ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light.
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Spacecraft
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Mission details from science.nasa.gov.