... includes the 2.4 meter primary mirror, secondary mirror, and the three fine guidance sensors was awarded to Perkins-Elmer. The HST project was designed and built to serve a different purpose for NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) than the two previous satellites. In their effort to benefit from the international astronomical researches and studies, the scientists decided to operate the ... different spots within an object. This device uses two-dimensional detectors operating from the ultraviolet to the near infrared. First-order gratings cover the full spectral range and are desig...

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