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Feb 1979

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Sterne und Weltraum, vol. 18, Feb. 1979, p. 42-48. In German.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Space Shuttle Payloads, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spaceborne Telescopes, Cameras, Equipment Specifications, European Space Programs, Graphite-Epoxy Composites, Mission Planning, Nasa Programs, West Germany

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The Space Telescope has been selected as the second payload for the Space Shuttle. It is to be placed in orbit at the end of 1983. The advantages of a telescope located in space are related to an elimination of the effects of atmospheric turbulence and extinction, and the absence of airglow. The phenomenon of weightlessness has advantages in connection with the mechanical design of the telescope. The primary mirror with a diameter of 2.4 m of the Space Telescope forms together with the two hyperbolic mirrors a Cassegrainian system with a large optical field of view of 18 ft. The observational instruments of the Space Telescope include the Wide Field Camera, the Faint Object Camera, the Planetary Camera, the Faint Object Spectrograph, the High Resolution Spectrograph, the High-Speed Point/Area Photometer, the Infrared Photometer, and the Guidance System Astrometer.

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