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Is the hubble telescope still in orbit?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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Yes, and it remains operational (we are still receiving images since the last service mission). NASA hopes to retrieve the space craft, so it can be placed in the Smithsonian Institute. That must occur by 2025, or the spacecraft will deorbit itself.

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