This is one of four original CCD Sensor Head and Relay Optics assemblies from the f/12.9 wide-field mode of the first Wide-Field Planetary Camera (WFPC-1) flown on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on its 24 April 1990 launch. It consists of a small Cassegrain telescope feeding a single 800x800 pixel CCD, and associated electronics. The WFPC-1 was removed from the HST during the servicing mission launched on 2 December 1993 that installed the correcting optics that compensate for the flawed primary mirror. One complete electro-optical channel from the wide field mode assembly, of which this element was a part, was transferred to NASM by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in September 1999.
Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Dimensions
3-D: 40 × 23 × 17cm (15 3/4 × 9 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Materials
Mixed metals, glass, electronics
Inventory Number
A19990213000
Credit Line
Transferred from NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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