Brightest
NORAD ID: 20580
Int'l Code: 1990-037B
Perigee: 560.6 km
Apogee: 565.2 km
Inclination: 28.5 °
Period: 95.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 6933 km
Launch date: April 24, 1990
Source: United States (US)
Comments: The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was the first and flagship mission of NASA's Great Observatories program. Designed to complement the wavelength capabilities of the other spacecraft in the program (CGRO, AXAF, and SIRTF), HST was a 2.4 m, f/24 Ritchey-Chretien telescope capable of performing observations in the visible, near-ultraviolet, and near-infrared (1150 A to 1 mm).
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 20580U 90037B 13142.83261519 .00001895 00000-0 12304-3 0 2450
2 20580 028.4705 079.0441 0003363 080.8805 311.4228 15.03614807 65874
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for HST
