Thanks for the update. My fingers are still crossed all goes well.
James Webb IR telescope successfully launched
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Thanks for the update. My fingers are still crossed all goes well.
The most risky part of the mission just got over.
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WEBB IS FULLY DEPLOYED!
The largest, most complex telescope ever launched into space is fully deployed.
Nominal Event Time: Launch + 14 days (Saturday 1/8/22)
Status: Completed. WATCH: Post-Deployment Briefing | Re-Watch Live Broadcast
Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
Webb will continue to travel to the second Lagrange point (L2) for another two weeks, at which point it will enter a large orbit around the L2 point. The following five months will be used to cool the telescope to operating temperature, fine-tune the mirror alignment, and calibrate the instruments.
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?units=metric
The largest, most complex telescope ever launched into space is fully deployed.
Nominal Event Time: Launch + 14 days (Saturday 1/8/22)
Status: Completed. WATCH: Post-Deployment Briefing | Re-Watch Live Broadcast
Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
Webb will continue to travel to the second Lagrange point (L2) for another two weeks, at which point it will enter a large orbit around the L2 point. The following five months will be used to cool the telescope to operating temperature, fine-tune the mirror alignment, and calibrate the instruments.
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?units=metric
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Webb Has Almost Reached its Final, Coldest Temperature
Launched on December 25, 2021 from ESA’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reached its final orbit at the L2 Lagrange point on January 24, 2022. It has since performed several operations to get it ready for its observing mission which should begin in about a month.
As part of getting it ready for its mission, NASA has been cooling off its instruments, such as the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), to operating temperatures. Now that they have reached that point, all that’s left to cool down are the mirrors.
MIRI is using a closed-cycle gaseous-helium cryocooler to keep its temperature down below 7 kelvin (-447 degrees Fahrenheit, -266 degrees Celsius). However, the telescope’s mirrors and other instruments are being cooled down passively, without any equipment to aid in the process. Their temperature is lowered as heat is radiated out into space.
Read more: https://www.universetoday.com/155568/webb-has-almost-reached-its-final-coldest-temperature/
Launched on December 25, 2021 from ESA’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reached its final orbit at the L2 Lagrange point on January 24, 2022. It has since performed several operations to get it ready for its observing mission which should begin in about a month.
As part of getting it ready for its mission, NASA has been cooling off its instruments, such as the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), to operating temperatures. Now that they have reached that point, all that’s left to cool down are the mirrors.
MIRI is using a closed-cycle gaseous-helium cryocooler to keep its temperature down below 7 kelvin (-447 degrees Fahrenheit, -266 degrees Celsius). However, the telescope’s mirrors and other instruments are being cooled down passively, without any equipment to aid in the process. Their temperature is lowered as heat is radiated out into space.
Read more: https://www.universetoday.com/155568/webb-has-almost-reached-its-final-coldest-temperature/
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It's nearly there, I've never been more excited about a space missions since the Apollo series of Moon landings.
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This was a miraculous accomplishment by NASA
I don't think most people know the Webb is non repairable, as it orbits at a distance 4 times the distance of the moon from the Earth. Everything had to work perfectly.
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This was a miraculous accomplishment by NASA
I don't think most people know the Webb is non repairable, as it orbits at a distance 4 times the distance of the moon from the Earth. Everything had to work perfectly.
It was an international achievement!
The James Webb Space Telescope is an international collaboration among NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/meetTheTeam/team.html