Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR)

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Hubble Space Telescope instrument optical correction instrument space telescope hardware

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) was a set of corrective mirrors installed on the Hubble Space Telescope to compensate for its flawed primary mirror and restore its intended imaging performance.

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Label	Occurrences
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement	4
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) canonical	1
Hubble Space Telescope optical system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hubble Space Telescope instrument ⓘ optical correction instrument ⓘ space telescope hardware ⓘ
abbreviation	COSTAR ⓘ
afterRemovalLocation	National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
associatedEvent	Hubble Space Telescope optical flaw correction ⓘ
category	Hubble Space Telescope component ⓘ space optics ⓘ space telescope instrumentation ⓘ
correctedInstrument	Faint Object Camera ⓘ Faint Object Spectrograph ⓘ Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designFeature	deployable optical arms with small corrective mirrors ⓘ optics tailored to compensate Hubble primary mirror spherical aberration ⓘ
developedBy	Ball Aerospace ⓘ Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
exhibitedAt	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ⓘ surface form: National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
fullName	Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
function	insert corrective mirrors into the optical paths of Hubble instruments ⓘ
heritage	custom-designed for Hubble after discovery of mirror flaw in 1990 ⓘ
impact	restored diffraction-limited performance to corrected instruments ⓘ
installationDate	December 1993 ⓘ
installedByMission	STS-61 ⓘ
installedOn	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
launchedWithMission	STS-61 ⓘ
location	Hubble Space Telescope axial instrument bay ⓘ
mass	approximately 600 kilograms ⓘ
missionRole	interim optical correction until new corrected instruments were installed ⓘ
notable	first on-orbit optical correction system for a major space telescope ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbit	low Earth orbit via Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
partOf	Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hubble Space Telescope optical system
powerRequirement	approximately 500 watts ⓘ
problemAddressed	Hubble primary mirror spherical aberration ⓘ
purpose	correct spherical aberration of Hubble primary mirror ⓘ restore Hubble imaging performance to design specifications ⓘ
reliability	operated successfully for more than eight years in orbit ⓘ
removalDate	March 2002 ⓘ
removedByMission	STS-109 ⓘ
replacedBy	Advanced Camera for Surveys ⓘ
replacedInstrument	High Speed Photometer ⓘ
servicingMission	Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 ⓘ surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 1 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B ⓘ surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 3B
spacecraft	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
technologyType	reflective optical system ⓘ
usedUntil	2002 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-61 → payload → Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) ⓘ

Cosmic Origins Spectrograph → replacedInstrument → Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) → fullName → Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: COSTAR

this entity surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) → partOf → Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: COSTAR

this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope optical system

Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → installedInstrument → Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

Hubble Space Telescope science instruments → include → Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement