HST

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HST is classified as:

Space & Earth Science
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
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NORAD ID: 20580

Int'l Code: 1990-037B

Perigee: 519.5 km

Apogee: 523.0 km

Inclination: 28.5 °

Period: 94.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6892 km

RCS: 28.5194 m² (large)

Launch date: April 24, 1990
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

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).

1 20580U 90037B   24134.59323692  .00008898  00000-0  42526-3 0  9992
2 20580  28.4678 216.8308 0002557  31.1580 328.9163 15.17262657671779

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT