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Oct 1978

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Spaceflight, vol. 20, Sept.-Oct. 1978, p. iii-viii.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope, Spaceborne Astronomy, Angular Resolution, Astronomical Photography, Atmospheric Turbulence, Earth Orbits, European Space Agency, Guidance Sensors, High Resolution, Infrared Spectrophotometers, Microwave Antennas, Spectral Resolution, Spectrographs

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The primary mirror of the Space Telescope will have a diameter of 2.4 meters. This is somewhat smaller than the 3.8 meter IR telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, which comes into operation this year. The angular resolution of the telescope will be 0.1 seconds of arc. The telescope can only make use of such a good resolving power by virtue of its position above the atmosphere. The above resolution can only be obtained if the telescope can be securely stabilized. The Space Telescope is expected to be carried into orbit on the Space Shuttle in early 1983. When in orbit, about 520 km above the earth, the Shuttle's remote manipulator arms will be used to erect the telescope onto the sill of the cargo bay. Shuttles will revisit the telescope for maintenance. The Space Telescope has at its prime focus a collection of five scientific instruments. Attention is given to a field camera, a faint object camera, a planetary camera, a high resolution spectrograph, a faint object spectrograph, an IR photometer, a high speed point/area photometer, an astrometer, the mirror, the structure, aspects of guidance control, and the optical system.

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