The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
The timeline, as stated in SpaceFlightNow.com, states that, “At present, Atlantis is 8,000 miles behind the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle is flying in an elliptical orbit en route to catch the observatory that's orbiting 350 miles high.”
The shuttle is behind and below the Hubble. They are in a faster orbit, which enables them to gradually catch up with the orbiting observatory. Altman and Johnson will be making a series of rendezvous maneuvers that will eventually get them close to Hubble.
Then, a series of proximity operations maneuvers will be performed in preparation for a very close station-keeping position to Hubble.
Many other tidbits of information are contained in the Orlando article.
HUBBLESITE
The Web site “HubbleSite” (“Out of the ordinary … out of the world”) provides a lot of information from NASA about the Hubble Space Telescope, from pictures, history, and news stories, to its discoveries, videos, and even stuff about astronomy and the successor (but not actual replacement) for Hubble: The Webb Space Telescope.
NASA TV
And, of course, you can catch the action on NASA Television (just check your local TV listing) and on NASA TV on the Web.
IMAX 3D
When, the mission is completed, the action is not finished. During the mission, the astronauts will be filming their spacewalks for a three-dimensional IMAX film coming to a local theatre in 2010.
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