Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope — space telescope, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Track the Hubble Space Telescope around a 3D Earth. Explore its calculated live position, orbit and NASA 3D model using CelesTrak data.

Orbiting above the blurring atmosphere since 1990, Hubble has helped pin down how fast the Universe is expanding and captured icons like the Pillars of Creation and the Hubble Deep Field. Astronauts repaired and upgraded it on five shuttle missions.

Launched

24 Apr 1990 · Space Shuttle Discovery

Altitude

~475 km (2026), slowly sinking

Orbital period

~94 min

Mirror

2.4 m across

Size

13.2 m long · about 12,200 kg

Servicing

Five shuttle missions, 1993–2009

Status

Active

Explore Hubble Space Telescope in 3D

The position of the Hubble Space Telescope is calculated continuously from CelesTrak orbital elements using SGP4. It is a propagated orbit, not a direct spacecraft telemetry feed; accuracy depends on the age of the source data.