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As reported by NASA, due to the breakdown of the wide field camera (Wide Field Camera 3) The operation of the Hubble telescope was in jeopardy. Already the next day the head of this space mission is Thomas Brown made a presentation at the American Astronomical Conference a society that was dedicated to the reliability of the remaining subsystems orbital observatory.
According to the speaker, today, despite temporary lack of Wide Field Camera 3 functions, all others telescope systems (and this is just over 80 percent of its reliability) work properly.
Hubble continues to observe the universe through optical ACS cameras and two spectrographs. Despite a temporary breakdown main surveillance camera, technical data installed on it equipment will allow it to function successfully, at least until mid twenties. Currently, NASA experts getting ready to reboot the telescope, but even if that doesn’t help, u wide field cameras WFC3 can use a backup kit Electronics with a copy of the data.
For the entire duration of the work of the orbital observatory, update and I had to repair it five times, the last such operation was carried out in 2009, when the telescope was just installed Modern Wide Field Camera 3 and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (ultraviolet spectrograph), as well as ongoing repairs already installed equipment.
Hubble had a problem with the gyro last year, however NASA experts easily coped with this task. therefore Thomas Brown is confident that the current failure will be successfully eliminated, and therefore the observatory may well work until the thirties, and it will be necessary to remove it from orbit only when its equipment completely outdated. In this case, the Hubble will be sent to atmosphere where the telescope burns before it touches the surface Of the earth.
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