It orbits in Geospace.
Geospace is defined as the area of outer space near the Earth. It includes the ionosphere, magnetosphere and the Van Allen Belts.
Most artificial satellites operate within this region and it's called low earth orbit
The HST was only launched once, in 1990 .
It has only been launched into orbit once. That was in 1990.
1 PM HST. 5 hours difference between East Coast & HST right now.
The shuttle that would put the Hubble into orbit finally launched on April 24, 1990.
1300 CST (Central Standard Time) is 9:00 AM HST (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time). CST is 10 hours ahead of HST. Therefore, to convert from CST to HST, you subtract 10 hours.
The HST was only launched once, in 1990 .
HST orbits the Earth approximately 15 times daily, or about 96 minutes per orbit. You can see its orbital track and learn more about it at the link below.
HST has been in continuous orbit since it was deployed in 1990.
HST is the Hubble Space Telescope and was launched inside of space shuttle "Discovery" in 1990.
The Hubble Space Telescope (or HST) is not in a geostationary orbit. The HST is located at an average altitude of 600 Km. Earths' geostationary orbit is at approximately 36 000 Km.
The symbol for Geospace Technologies Corporation in NASDAQ is: GEOS.
It has only been launched into orbit once. That was in 1990.
As of July 2014, the market cap for Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS) is $572,572,783.44.
It depends on the position of HST in orbit and where the information is being relayed to/from, but in general only a few seconds at its furthest point. HST is in a low-earth orbit to avoid the Van Allen belt, so its orbit is only a few hundred nautical miles high.
HST was transported into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery (mission STS-31) in April 1990. It was scheduled to be orbited earlier, but the shutdown of the Shuttle program following the Challenger accident delayed its deployment, not to mention increasing its maintenance cost because it sat on the ground (about 1 million per day). Astronauts successfully deployed and boosted HST into its orbit altitude of 569nm.Though any of the Shuttles can perform an HST Servicing Mission, Shuttles Discovery and Endeavour are usually preferred due to their larger payload bays (we can put more stuff in it).To date, HST has been in orbit and providing science data for over 20 years.
1975 - 1982 Was The Build Date Of The HST
Eventually the key systems on HST (Gyros, SIC & DH, RIU's, etc.) responsible for positioning and relaying science data to the ground will fail. Before ground controllers lose complete control, they will order HST into a slowly decaying orbit that will destroy most of as it re-enters the atmosphere and eventually crashes into an ocean. Many of us who worked on the HST program always felt that as long as it was giving good data, there would be funding to keep it in service. However, with the decision to retire the Shuttle fleet, the last Servicing Mission will have to suffice in keeping it going. It's hoped the last upgrades will keep it going until 2015, when the James Webb Space Telescope is expected to be operational. Regardless, this has always been the intended fate of HST. The reason for a controlled decaying orbit is that ground controllers want to ensure HST doesn't wind up crashing into a populated area, which goes back to the days of Skylab. Skylab's orbit was impacted by increased solar activity, causing its orbit to decay uncontrollably.