How much does a Hubble Space Telescope weigh?
Typical weight
11.11 t
That is 24,500 lb, or 11,100 kg.
An optical space telescope launched in 1990 and serviced five times by Space Shuttle crews.
How that compares
Hubble Space Telescope against things of a similar mass.
Whale shark 9,000–21,000 kg
Semi truck 12,000–36,290 kg
Concrete mixer truck 11,000–16,000 kg
Big Ben 13.76 t
City bus 11,000–20,000 kg
Double-decker bus 12.65 t
Hubble Space Telescope 11.11 t
School bus 6,500–12,000 kg
More about Hubble Space Telescope
- How much does a Hubble Space Telescope cost? 4,700,000,000 $
Common questions
- How much does Hubble Space Telescope weigh?
- Hubble Space Telescope weighs 11.11 t (24,500 lb).
Related pages
- How much does a Hubble Space Telescope cost? 4,700,000,000 $
- How much does a Space Shuttle weigh? 78–2,030 t
- How much does a Saturn V weigh? 2,970 t
- How much does a International Space Station weigh? 419.7 t
- How much does a Falcon 9 weigh? 549.1 t
Sources
- NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Public domain (US Government))