Hubble Space Telescope: mission, history, and systems

Lincoln L. Endelman

doi:10.1117/12.23985

1 April 1991 Hubble Space Telescope: mission, history, and systems

Lincoln L. Endelman

Proceedings Volume 1358, 19th Intl Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23985
Event: 19th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 1990, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abstract

Evolution of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), an astronomical observatory orbiting the earth 380 miles above its surface is considered. The equipment onboard this satellite includes a telescope with a 96 inch primary mirror ground, a wide field and planetary camera, a faint object spectrograph, a Goddard high-resolution spectrograph, a high-speed photometer, and a faint object camera.

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Lincoln L. Endelman "Hubble Space Telescope: mission, history, and systems", Proc. SPIE 1358, 19th Intl Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, (1 April 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23985

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