The Hubble Space Telescope.
Abstract
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which is scheduled to be launched in December 1989, is one of the most ambitious and demanding projects in space astronomy ever undertaken. Yet, in concept, it is one of the simplest: to place a two-metre-class astronomical telescope and its associated instrumentation into low Earth orbit and maintain and operate it over an extended period as an international multipurpose astronomical observatory. HST will provide astronomers with a far clearer and much more detailed view of the universe throughout the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.
- Publication:
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ESA Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- May 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989ESABu..58...91J
- Keywords:
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- Hubble Space Telescope;
- Satellite Design;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Cassegrain Optics;
- Faint Object Camera;
- International Cooperation;
- Orbital Servicing;
- Reflecting Telescopes;
- Solar Arrays;
- Astronomy;
- Hubble Space Telescope