Hubble Space Telescope

Expert Model — Exterior

Pattern Pieces: Print this document on 32lb paper
Complete assembly directions and more information
can be found online at www.hubblesite.org/go/model

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About this model

This highly detailed model of the Hubble Space Telescope is intended for
experienced model-builders. You have the option of also assembling the internal
structure of the telescope, including the mirror and the instrument bay, which
fits inside the external shell.
The details of this model are based on the telescope’s configuration after Servic-
ing Mission 3B in 2002.
This project is not appropriate for young children because of the high level of
detail and the use of dangerously sharp tools. The estimated completion time is
30 hours.

Model design by Ton Noteboom

Distributed with permission
by Space Telescope Science Institute
www.hubblesite.org
 Hubble Space Telescope Forward
Hubble Space Telescope
front view shield side view

Solar
Aperture panels Aperture
door door Top

High-gain
antenna (HGA)
Front
Top
Aft shroud

Base
Forward shield
Solar
panel
Forward shield
OTA
bays

OTA
bays

Solar Solar
panel panel

High-gain High-gain
antenna antenna

Aft shroud

Aft shroud High-gain

antenna

Base Base

When assembling your model, keep track of which
pieces are which by only cutting out the pieces you
need for the particular part you are assembling,
and lightly write the number of the piece in pencil
on the back.
The parts are in sections color-coded by the part of
the telescope they belong to.
This document should be printed onto 32-lb
(120g) paper, ideally in color. (You may want to
have extra printouts handy in case you need them.)
The directions (in a separate file) can be printed on
regular paper in black-and-white.

1 inch Pattern key:

1 cm This piece’s number
Cut out along outlines
Pattern scale: Fold along dashed lines
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75
This model is designed to 84
84 (score before cutting out)
75
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1 inch

be at 1:48 scale relative Light blue areas are

Number of the piece
to the real Hubble Space that attaches here
where glue is applied.
Telescope.
73
73 7788
8855
To ensure your model
hasn’t been resized during 52
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printing, measure this scale.

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Aft shroud
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20 21 22 23

Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4

37 36

19 WF/PC2
FGS 1 18

1 2

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4
2

24 25 26 27 28 29

Bay 5 Bay 6 Bay 7 Bay 8 Bay 9 Bay 10

FGS 3 17 FGS 2 16

2 1

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aft scuff plates

36 37

36a 37a

Aft shroud
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39

HGA clamps
99 98
Forward shield

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99 98

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101 100

101 100

Cut spacers all the way to the edge of the paper.

solar panel clamps
102
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102 104
103 105

104
solar panel connectors
106

168

110 73

169

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112

113 115
Aft shroud spacers

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114
112 114

HGA connectors

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Forward shield spacers

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Forward Shield: OTA Bays
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Cut out all sections marked with ×
1 cm

Forward
48 Scuff Plates
142
1 inch

49

50
143
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Base
46
Forward Shield: Door

151
150
148 149

156
×
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152b
Solar Panels

166

HGA dishes
168 169
184 187

182 185

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Solar Panels

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1 inch

159 160

159 160

159 160

159 160

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This page should be folded in half along the dotted line and glued together before cutting out the pieces.

Aft shroud

32 NICMOS
31
35

36

20 21 22 23 24

16
30

17

25 26 27 28 29
18

83x 82x 81x 80x OTA bays 76x 77x 78x 79x
(optional)
75x
19

1 inch
1 cm
1 inch

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This page should be glued to cardboard before cutting
Aft Shroud
out the pieces. Cut out all sections marked with ×
Forward Shield
1 inch

HGA hinge 5
116 120 121
117 116 120

30
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118 122

118 122 123

solar panel connectors

107
×
106 108 109

solar panel clamps

103 105

magnetic torquers
125
126

127

124

NICMOS
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35
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This page should be glued to cardboard before cutting
Aft Shroud
out the pieces. Cut out all sections marked with ×
Forward Shield
1 inch

Grapple attachment
9

132
128

130
133

×
129 131

132 133

Forward scuff plates

134

135

11
136 142 ×

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138
×

139 × 143

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141

Handrails (optional)

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This page should be glued to cardboard before cutting
Aft Shroud
out the pieces. Cut out all sections marked with ×
1 inch

Solar panels 13
157

×
×

15

×
×

High Gain Antenna (HGA)

174 176 170
175 177 171

178 180 172

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This page should be glued to cardboard before cutting
out the pieces. Cut out all sections marked with ×
Forward shield: OTA bays
Solar panels
1 inch

158 73

110
×

83
×

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× 80
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out the pieces.
Base 41
95 42 43
1 inch

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Forward: Door 150 151

145 146 147

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152 154 155

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Forward shield

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Forward shield
This page should be glued
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to cardboard before cut-
1 inch

ting out the pieces.

Cut out all sections
marked with × ×
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