Questions regarding telescopes in orbit around Earth, such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Questions tagged [space-telescope]
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How many space telescopes are currently active?
Hubble, Chandra, XMM-Newton, Kepler,... I can name a few off of the top of my head, but how many space telescopes are there in all?
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What are the next planned space telescopes?
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How is the cost of JWST distributed on different parts of development and operations?
The James Webb Space Telescope costs nearly 9 billion dollar. What parts of this project cost how much?
I suppose that almost every component has to be developed and is not available to buy off the shelf. So most of the costs should end up as…
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Why is LUVOIR actively heated?
From the Wikipedia page about LUVOIR design:
To enable the extreme wavefront stability needed for coronagraphic observations of Earth-like exoplanets, the LUVOIR design incorporates three principles. [...] . Third, the telescope is actively heated…
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(Thought Question) What would a giant far away mirror look like to a telescope?
If there was a theoretically perfect mirror the size of say, our solar system, somewhere out in space that had a focal point of literally earth. What would that look like to a space or earth telescope? Could it be distinguished from other parts of…
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How much are the benefits of installing a telescope in orbit?
I know that our atmosphere acts like a protective blanket letting only some light through while blocking others. We send telescopes to orbit to get a clearer view of space objects.
I want to know that how much is this benefit. How clear, detailed…
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What measure should I use to help optimise the design of a telescope in a cubesat?
I have started a project in Melbourne, Australia called nanosat eye in the sky to put a telescope in a cubesat and put it in LEO. The idea is then to add the telescope to itelescope.
I need to learn a heap about designing telescopes. I have limited…
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Did anything happen to "hubble-class" telescopes military gifted to NASA in 2012?
I stumbled onto this news article from 2012 discussing NRO (national reconnaissance office) giving its surplus unlaunched spy satellites over to NASA (with a lot of caveats)
It's been 11 years since that point, so I'm wondering if anything has been…
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Why is NEOWISE used for galactic observation?
I've been studying images from the WISE and NEOWISE missions. WISE used infrared cameras to survey the entire sky. When its primary mission ended in 2010, it was repurposed to look for Near-Earth Objects (described here). What changes to the…
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