Key statistics
Satellite HST at a glance.
Uptime
12792
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: 94.44 minutes
Inclination: 28.4692 deg
SMA: 6869.585 km
Apoapsis: 492.801 km
Periapsis: 490.1 km
RAAN: 358.4728 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001966
Argument of periapsis: 305.9279 deg
Mean anomaly: 54.1133 deg
Mean motion: 15.24779315 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009564 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036641 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 2, 2025, 2:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 1, 2025, 9:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 HST
TLE line 1: 1 20580U 90037B 25121.91122417 .00009564 00000-0 36641-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 20580 28.4692 358.4728 0001966 305.9279 54.1133 15.24779315725872
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite HST.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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