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First Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Hubble_Space_Telescope_servicing_mission
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Richard_O._Covey
gptkbp:crew
7
gptkbp:duration
10 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes
gptkbp:elevation
approx. 600 km
gptkbp:EVAcount
35 hours, 28 minutes
gptkbp:EVAcrew
5
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:STS-62
gptkbp:goal
repair and upgrade Hubble Space Telescope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
First Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
gptkbp:inclination
28.45 degrees
gptkbp:landingDate
gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_SLF
1993-12-13
gptkbp:launchDate
1993-12-02
gptkbp:launchSite
gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_LC-39B
gptkbp:launchVehicle
gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
gptkbp:missionPatch
gptkb:STS-61_mission_patch
gptkbp:missionSpecialist
gptkb:Claude_Nicollier
gptkb:Jeffrey_A._Hoffman
gptkb:Thomas_D._Akers
gptkb:Story_Musgrave
gptkb:Kathryn_C._Thornton
gptkbp:missionType
servicing mission
gptkbp:notableAchievement
installed COSTAR to correct Hubble's optical flaw
replaced gyroscopes
replaced other key components
replaced solar arrays
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:STS-61
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType
95.6 minutes
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Space_Shuttle_program
Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
gptkbp:pilot
gptkb:Kenneth_D._Bowersox
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:STS-58
gptkbp:spacecraft
gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
gptkbp:target
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:STS-61
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6