COSTAR

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COSTAR was a corrective optics instrument installed on the Hubble Space Telescope to compensate for its primary mirror flaw and restore sharp imaging performance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope instrument
corrective optics instrument
abbreviationOf Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement NERFINISHED
correctedAberrationType spherical aberration
correctedInstrument Faint Object Camera NERFINISHED
Faint Object Spectrograph NERFINISHED
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph NERFINISHED
countryOfExhibition United States NERFINISHED
currentLocation National Air and Space Museum NERFINISHED
currentLocationCity Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
designedBy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED
developedFor Hubble Space Telescope primary mirror flaw correction
era 1990s space astronomy
fullName Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement NERFINISHED
function to insert small corrective mirrors into the light paths of affected instruments
heritage first on-orbit corrective optics system for a major space telescope
impact restored Hubble’s ability to achieve diffraction-limited imaging in corrected instruments
installationDate 1993-12
installedBy Space Shuttle Endeavour crew NERFINISHED
installedDuringMission STS-61 NERFINISHED
installedOn Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
launchedWith Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED
locationInHST axial instrument bay
missionRole optical relay system for pre-corrected Hubble instruments
operator NASA
orbitType low Earth orbit (via Hubble Space Telescope)
partOf Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 hardware
purpose to correct the spherical aberration of the Hubble Space Telescope primary mirror
to restore sharp imaging performance to Hubble Space Telescope instruments
removalDate 2002-03
removedBy Space Shuttle Columbia crew NERFINISHED
removedDuringMission STS-109 NERFINISHED
replacedBy Advanced Camera for Surveys NERFINISHED
replacedInstrument High Speed Photometer NERFINISHED
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
status retired
technologyType deployable corrective optics
telescope Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED

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Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) abbreviation COSTAR
subject surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement