Hubble Space Telescope

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Hubble Space Telescope
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:category gptkb:Great_Observatories_program
astronomical observatories
space telescopes
NASA space telescopes
gptkbp:controlCenter gptkb:Space_Telescope_Science_Institute,_Baltimore,_Maryland
gptkbp:COSPAR_ID 1990-037B
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Hubble_Deep_Field
gptkb:Hubble_Ultra_Deep_Field
gravitational lensing
age of the universe
protoplanetary disks
supermassive black holes in galaxies
gptkbp:duration planned 15 years, operational over 30 years
gptkbp:elevation about 547 km
gptkbp:firstImageDate 1990-05-20
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hubble Space Telescope
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Cosmic_Origins_Spectrograph
gptkb:Near_Infrared_Camera_and_Multi-Object_Spectrometer
gptkb:Space_Telescope_Imaging_Spectrograph
gptkb:Wide_Field_Camera_3
gptkb:Advanced_Camera_for_Surveys
gptkbp:launchDate 1990-04-24
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Discovery_(STS-31)
gptkbp:location Low Earth orbit
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Lockheed_Martin
gptkbp:mass about 11,110 kg
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkbp:notableFinds evidence for dark energy
atmospheres of exoplanets
detailed images of distant galaxies
expansion rate of the universe
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:orbitType Low Earth orbit
gptkbp:partner gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Space_Telescope_Science_Institute
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:powerSource solar panels
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter 2.4 meters
gptkbp:projectCost about $4.7 billion (initial)
over $10 billion (total, including servicing)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Compton_Gamma_Ray_Observatory
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:servicingMissions five (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2009)
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:successor gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:wavelengthRange ultraviolet
near-infrared
visible
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkb:NASA
gptkb:National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration
gptkb:satellite
gptkb:astronomer
gptkb:Nancy_Roman
gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Astronomie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4