Hubble: Back in Business and Better Than Ever Dr. Frank Summers Space Telescope Science Institute September 9, 2009
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3 Size of Earth Size of Earth’s Atmosphere 6400 km 600 km above surface Size of Hubble’s Orbit 100 km above surface
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7 Hubble Servicing Missions
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9 Servicing Mission 1 – December 1993 COSTAR, WFPC2 solar arrays, gyros
11 Servicing Mission 2 – February 1997 NICMOS, STIS fine guidance sensor, solid state recorder, reaction wheel assembly
13 Servicing Mission 3A – December 1999 gyroscope failure in November computer, data recorder, fine guidance sensor, electronics improvement, thermal protection
14 Servicing Mission 3B – March 2002 ACS solar arrays, NICMOS cooling system, reaction wheel assembly, power control unit
16 Servicing Mission 4 – May 2009 WFC3, COS ACS repair, STIS repair, SIC&DH, gyros, batteries, fine guidance sensor, thermal blankets, de-orbit module
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– Servicing Mission 3B 2003 – Columbia accident 2004 – No shuttle mission? 2005 – Two gyro mode 2006 – “One final house call” A Long Awaited Mission
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33 Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
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35 SIC & DH Science Instrument Command & Data Handling Unit
36 Batteries, Gyros, NOBLs, SCM
37 The Summer of SMOV
38 SMOV – Servicing Mission Observatory Verification Diagnostic check-out New instrument start-up –High-voltage ramp Repaired instrument recovery Calibration –Internal & external targets
39 SMOV Highlights Nearly everything is working great Thermal situation very good Could not recover ACS Solar Blind Channel NICMOS cooling is back Jupiter interruption
40 Interplanetary Smackdown: Round 2
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43 Jupiter – July 1994 Visible LightUltraviolet Light
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64 Camera Comparison
65 The Ghost of Carina
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81 WFC3 – Imaging the Universe
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93 The Best Hubble Ever
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