HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE

NORAD 20580 · COSPAR 1990-037B · ACTIVE

Orbit: #80792 @ 468 x 471 km x 28.4737 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-21 07:25 UTC Â· 42.4 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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HST
1 20580U 90037B 26294.30934801 .00007548 00000-0 22957-3 0 09997
2 20580 28.4737 297.7404 0002158 117.4266 242.6550 15.32029197807923

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

April 25th 1990

Spacecraft age

36 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA

Purpose

Space Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Space Shuttle (STS 31)

Contractor

European Space Agency/NASA

Launch mass

11,110 kg

Power

2,400.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

28.4737Â°

Period

93.99 min

Perigee

468 km

Apogee

471 km

Eccentricity

0.0002158

RAAN

297.7404Â°

Arg of Perigee

117.4266Â°

Mean Motion

15.32029197 rev/d