Brightest
NORAD ID: 20580
Int'l Code: 1990-037B
Perigee: 554.7 km
Apogee: 559.1 km
Inclination: 28.5 °
Period: 95.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 6927 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 14210.81101655 .00001407 00000-0 83495-4 0 658
2 20580 028.4703 116.9038 0003214 022.9203 023.6251 15.05563308131142
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for HST
