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