Landmarks / Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble circles Earth about 540 km up.
- Real height
- 540 km
- Points needed
- 591
- Zone
- Near space
- Landmark
- 15 of 25
About Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 and orbits about 540 km above Earth, above the blur of the atmosphere. One orbit takes about 95 minutes.
Shuttle astronauts repaired and upgraded it five times, the first time to fix its mirror. Its images helped pin down the age of the universe and show galaxies billions of light-years away.
Hubble Space Telescope in Clamber
You reach this landmark at 591 points. It is landmark 15 of the 21 between the ground and the Moon, which waits at 930 points. Its real height is about 1.3 times that of the previous landmark, International Space Station.
Answers are worth 0 to 100 points depending on how rare they are, so even a run of nothing but the rarest answers needs at least 6 holds to get here. A fall drops you to just below the last landmark you passed, so a landmark you have reached can slip away again. See how to play for the full rules.