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Takes 3-4 people of the Flight Operations Team (FOT) to control the telescope. Space station: Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Purpose, takes pictures in ultraviolet and infrared. Flies around our earth 24-7. Launched on April 24, 1990. || NASA Current || First satalite from the US, launched on February 1st, 1958. At [|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station], || JPL Past || RIGHT-CLICK on these links to "Open in a new window"
 * Category 7 – Space Telescopes **
 * Hubble
 * Explorer 1
 * XMM – Newton || NASA Current ||
 * Spitzer Space Telescope || JPL Current ||
 * Chandra || NASA Current ||
 * Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) || NASA Current ||
 * INTEGRAL || NASA Current ||

JPL PAST Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past_missions.cfm JPL CURRENT Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/index.cfm NASA CURRENT Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html