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Hubble Space Telescope
(HST, HST)
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Hubble Space Telescopehas mounting manufacturer Lockheed2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has mounting 3-axis-stabilized spacecraft2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has mirror maker Perkin Elmer2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has mirror type Corning ULE glass2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has elliptical orbit 500 km altitude, 35 degree inclination2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has reference Hubble Space Telescope from CADChas URL: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/hst.html, 2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has angular resolving power 0.05 arcseconds2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has effective diameter 2.1 meters2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has aperture 2.4 m2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has focal ratio f/12.9, 30, 48, 962001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has launch date 19862001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has acronym HST2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has acronym HST2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has owner Space Telescope Science Institutehas URL: http://www.stsci.edu, 2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has creation date 19812001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has creation date 19902001-09-27 09:27:56.0
orbits Earth2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
has location Earth orbit2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
has definition Hubble Space Telescope. A space-based reflecting telescope with a primary mirror diameter of 2.4 m (94 in) capable of high-resolution imaging from the far ultraviolet to the near infrared. A joint NASA/ESA mission. Launched in 1990 with a planned lifetime of 15 years. Encountered reduced performance when the mirror was found to have spherical aberration. Solved by the installation of corrective optics (COSTAR) in 1994.has source: McLean, I.S. 1997 Electronic Imaging in Astronomy, Wiley, 2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
is an instance of optical space telescope2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
is an instance of naked eye objectdate: July 1, 2000 (until it reenters the atmosphere), 2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
is an instance of Ritchey-Chrétienhas URL: http://www.stsci.edu, 2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
is an instance of optical telescope2001-09-27 09:27:56.0
Ritchey-Chrétienhas secondary mirror shape convex hyperboloid2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
has primary mirror shape concave hyperboloid2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
has optical design Ritchey-Chrétien2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
optical telescopehas optical design2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
optical space telescopehas wavelength sensitivity 300 to 1000 nanometers2001-09-27 09:27:41.0
reflectorhas mirror diameter equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
physical objecthas angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
telescopehas operator2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has purpose observe celestial objects2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
artificial satellitehas attitude control2001-09-27 09:27:29.0
has ground communication station2001-09-27 09:27:29.0
can have orbit decay date2001-09-27 09:27:29.0
has launch vehicle2001-09-27 09:27:29.0
has launch location2001-09-27 09:27:29.0
satellitehas approximately elliptical orbit2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has orbital period2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has orbital inclinationhas URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Space/Satellites/, has URL: http://www.bester.com/satpasses.html, has URL: http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online, 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
artifacthas creator2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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