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The Hubble Space Telescope orbits Earth at an altitude of about 340 miles (547 kilometers) above sea level. It travels around the planet at a speed of about 5 miles per second (8 kilometers per second).
No, the Hubble Space Telescope is not the biggest telescope in the world. The largest optical telescope on Earth is the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) located in Spain's Canary Islands.
The Hubble Telescope is a space telescope which is approximately 559 kilometers away from the surface of the earth in a "low earth orbit" which indicates that it is orbiting under 200 kilometers.
It is above the atmosphere and not in any atmosphere.
Telescope, hence the hubble telescope!
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who made significant contributions to the field of observational cosmology.