Key statistics
Satellite HST at a glance.
Uptime
12746
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
28.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for HST.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: HST
International designator: 1990-037B
Object number (NORAD): 20580
Object ID (CCSDS): 20580
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.508 minutes
Inclination: 28.4688 deg
SMA: 6872.876 km
Apoapsis: 496.161 km
Periapsis: 493.32 km
RAAN: 315.7311 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002067
Argument of periapsis: 122.5612 deg
Mean anomaly: 237.5182 deg
Mean motion: 15.23684377 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013828 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055107 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: March 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: March 16, 2025, 12:46 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 HST
TLE line 1: 1 20580U 90037B 25075.03238488 .00013828 00000-0 55107-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 20580 28.4688 315.7311 0002067 122.5612 237.5182 15.23684377718457
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite HST.
Associated space launch
STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the space shuttle program. Discovery's tenth mission deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
HST was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)’, on board a Space Shuttle space rocket.
The launch took place on April 24, 1990, 12:33 p.m. from Launch Complex 39B.
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 24, 1990, 12:33 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39B
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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