Servicing Mission 4
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Servicing Mission 4 was the final Space Shuttle mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, extending its operational life and scientific capabilities.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Servicing Mission 4 canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| addedHardware | Soft Capture and Rendezvous System ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | STS-125 ⓘ |
| apogee | about 563 kilometers ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
ⓘ
Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ |
| commander | Scott D. Altman ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| EVAcount | 5 ⓘ |
| EVAcrewSize | 2 astronauts per EVA ⓘ |
| EVAcumulativeTime | about 36 hours ⓘ |
| feature | five spacewalks ⓘ |
| inclination | approximately 28.5 degrees ⓘ |
| installedOn | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| landingDate | 2009-05-24 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009-05-11 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 12 days 21 hours 37 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumberInProgram |
4th planned Hubble servicing mission
ⓘ
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 ⓘ
surface form:
5th Hubble servicing mission
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| missionSpecialist |
Andrew J. Feustel
ⓘ
John M. Grunsfeld ⓘ Megan McArthur ⓘ
surface form:
K. Megan McArthur
Megan McArthur ⓘ Michael J. Massimino ⓘ Michael T. Good ⓘ |
| notable | first ever on-orbit repairs of instruments not originally designed for in-space servicing at component level ⓘ |
| objective |
enhance Hubble Space Telescope scientific capabilities
ⓘ
extend Hubble Space Telescope operational life ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| perigee | about 350–560 kilometers (Hubble orbit range after reboost) ⓘ |
| pilot | Gregory C. Johnson ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B
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surface form:
Servicing Mission 3B
|
| primaryObjective | service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
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| repairedInstrument |
Advanced Camera for Surveys
ⓘ
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph ⓘ |
| replacedInstrument | Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ |
| result | extended Hubble operations into the 2010s and beyond ⓘ |
| riskMitigation | launch-on-need rescue mission STS-400 planned ⓘ |
| servicedSubsystem |
Hubble batteries
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors ⓘ
surface form:
Hubble fine guidance sensors
Hubble gyroscopes ⓘ Hubble thermal insulation ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ |
| target | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| wasFinal | last Space Shuttle mission to Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
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