Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A

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Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A was a 1999 Space Shuttle mission that repaired and upgraded the Hubble Space Telescope to restore its scientific capabilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
Space Shuttle mission
alsoKnownAs STS-103
commander Curtis L. Brown Jr.
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 7
EVAPerformed yes
followedBy Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B
STS-92
surface form: STS-92 in Shuttle flight sequence context
HSTServicingNumber 3A
installedComponent Hubble Space Telescope S-band single access transmitter
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope battery improvement kit

Hubble Space Telescope data electronics
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope data recorder

Hubble Space Telescope voltage/temperature improvement kit
landingDate 1999-12-27
launchDate 1999-12-19
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 7 days 23 hours 11 minutes
about 8 days
missionPatchFeature Hubble Space Telescope imagery
missionSpecialist Colin Michael Foale
surface form: C. Michael Foale

Claude Nicollier
Jean-François Clervoy
John M. Grunsfeld
Steven L. Smith
notableFor restoring Hubble to full scientific operation after gyroscope failures
numberOfEVAs 3
objective perform maintenance on Hubble Space Telescope systems
replace failed gyroscopes on Hubble Space Telescope
restore Hubble Space Telescope scientific capabilities
operatedBy NASA
orbitingTarget Hubble Space Telescope
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit
pilot Scott J. Kelly
precededBy STS-99
surface form: STS-99 in Shuttle flight sequence context
program Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing program

NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
purpose repairing Hubble Space Telescope
servicing Hubble Space Telescope
upgrading Hubble Space Telescope
replacedComponent Hubble Space Telescope computer
Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensor

Hubble Space Telescope gyroscopes
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
totalEVATime about 24 hours
year 1999

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STS-103 alsoKnownAs Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A
Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors upgradedDuring Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A
this entity surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 3A
John M. Grunsfeld participatedIn Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A installedComponent Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope battery improvement kit
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B predecessor Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A