The cost at launch was 1.5 billion US dollars. There are ongoing costs to operate it and maintain it.
Pictures from the HST have changed our understanding of the Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics have been improved greatly by the HST.
the hubble space telescope cost 1.5 million dollars
The annual operating cost for the Hubble Space Telescope is approximately $100 million.
The Hubble Telescope weighs 24,500 pounds.
The original total cost estimate for the Hubble Space Telescope started out at US$400 million. It eventually cost over $2.5 billion to construct. Overall, with repairs, upgrades and operating it, Hubble had cost US$10 billion as of 2010. These figures were reported by NASA in 2012. (See the references in the related links.)
The total cost for building and launching the Hubble Space Telescope was approximately $2.5 billion. This includes the development, construction, transportation, and launch costs.
Nothing will "replace" the Hubble Space Telescope. However, a couple of new space telescopes are already in space, and another much more powerful one, the Webb Space Telescope, is under construction and should be launched in 2014.
No, the Hubble Space Telescope is not bigger than the Earth. The Earth has a much larger diameter (approximately 12,742 kilometers) compared to the Hubble Space Telescope, which is about 13.2 meters long and 4.2 meters wide.
The total cost of the Hubble Space Telescope, including development, construction, and maintenance over its lifetime, is estimated to be around $10 billion. This includes the cost of the initial launch in 1990 and the subsequent servicing missions.
From an original estimate of about $400 million, by the time of launch it had cost $2.2 billion and by today has probably cost twice that amount.
1.5 billion US-$ at the launch in 1990.
He doesnt travel.. The Hubble telescope is stationairy and only in space to bypass the atmosphere. The Hubble telescope maginfies so much, that if you are beneath the atmosphere, you get a blurry image. Like looking through a dirty window. So they shot it in space. Beyond the "dirty window".
They use many types of telescopes. You can probably pick up the cheaper ones for as little as $25,000. The Hubble Space Telescope cost $1,500,000,000 ($1.5 billion) just to build.