Hubble Space Telescope
ESA was a significant participant in the Hubble Space Telescope (MST) project, providing the solar arrays (British Aerospace) and the Faint Object Camera (Dornier). While the latter has performed well, albeit originally at reduced fidelity due to the primary mirror problem, soon after launch in April, 1990, the solar arrays werefound to be susceptible to thermal effects when crossing the terminator, in turn upsetting the stability of the telescope. During the first Hubble servicing mission (STS-61) in December, 1993, the solar arrays were replaced, and a corrective optics package was installed. ESA's Claude Nicollier was responsible for capturing and releasing the unique orbital telescope with the shuttle arm (Reference 222).
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