Brightest
NORAD ID: 20580
Int'l Code: 1990-037B
Perigee: 543.4 km
Apogee: 547.9 km
Inclination: 28.5 °
Period: 95.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 6923 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 15060.65190904 .00003617 00000-0 22470-3 0 9995
2 20580 028.4700 142.9881 0003204 155.9310 355.3247 15.06906182163573
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for HST
