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The Hubble Telescope Ashley Field Hubble Facts • The Hubble Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 • Four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra • Named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble • Launched by Space Shuttle Discovery • The only telescope designed to be serviced by astronauts • As of Hubble’s 24th anniversary in April 2014, Hubble observations have produced more than 100 terabytes of data. • Its scientific successor, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch in 2018 Communicating with Hubble • A quartet of antennae on the telescope sends and receives information between Hubble and the Flight Operations Team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. • Engineers use satellites to communicate with the telescope, giving it directions and commands • The telescope has 2 main computers and a number of smaller systems Sources • http://hubblesite.org/ • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubbl e/story/#.VOZev1PF-Ni • http://web.archive.org/web/200805242117 36/http://hubble.nasa.gov/overview/concep tion-part1.php