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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by nerfbatplz on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:11AM (#27856380)
Considering Hubble was an old NRO design that they donated, I bet there are more backup parts than are publically known to be available.
Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by MontyCarloHall on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:23AM (#27856496)
Just to clarify: Hubble was not an NRO donation, although it bears some similarity to the KH-11, an NRO satellite from the 70s. It is not confirmed whether the two actually share parts, as the KH-11 is still classified.

The NRO did donate two unlaunched telescopes to NASA in 2012 (with optics present but sans electronics), which still have not yet been retrofitted and launched.

Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by hatsunearu on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:18AM (#27856449)
If you read up on it, the NRO gave a shell for a Keyhole something to do NASA. It had no optics and no sensor AFAIK, that was on NASA to build.