Hubble Space Telescope

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The Hubble Space Telescope is a large, space-based observatory that has provided some of the most detailed images and data about the universe, revolutionizing modern astronomy and cosmology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial satellite
space observatory
space telescope
abbreviation Hubble Space Telescope self-linksurface differs
surface form: HST
collaboration NASA–ESA collaboration
dataArchive Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes
diameter 4.2 meters
firstLightDate 1990-05-20
hasInstrument Advanced Camera for Surveys
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Hubble Space Telescope self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fine Guidance Sensors

Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Wide Field Camera 3
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
launchCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
launchDate 1990-04-24
launchMission STS-31
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
length 13.2 meters
managingOrganization Space Telescope Science Institute
managingOrganizationLocation Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
mass 11110 kilograms
missionDurationExtended more than 30 years
missionDurationPlanned 15 years
namedAfter Edwin Hubble
notableDiscovery deep field images of distant galaxies
detailed imaging of protoplanetary disks
evidence for accelerated expansion of the universe
precise measurement of the Hubble constant
notableImage Hubble Space Telescope self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hubble Deep Field

Hubble Space Telescope self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Pillars of Creation
operator European Space Agency
NASA
orbitAltitude about 540 kilometers
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitPeriod about 95 minutes
orbitType low Earth orbit
partnerObservatory Great Observatories program
surface form: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Great Observatories program
surface form: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

Spitzer Space Telescope
powerSource solar panels
previousInstrument Faint Object Camera
Faint Object Spectrograph
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera
primaryMirrorDiameter 2.4 meters
program Great Observatories program
scientificDiscipline astronomy
cosmology
servicingMission STS-103
STS-109
STS-125
STS-61
STS-82
status operational
successor James Webb Space Telescope
wavelengthCoverage near-infrared
near-ultraviolet
visible light

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this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope bus
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