JWST Is On Its Way! - Overview of the mission so far from Nancy_A
The long-awaited next generation space observatory is a joint effort between NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency. If the myriad deploys and burns go off without a hitch, Webb will be able to see the light from the first galaxies in the early universe, peer at the atmospheres of exoplanets, as well being able to look closely at objects in our own solar system.
So far, all is going well. One curiosity is that the solar array deployment took place about 3 minutes ahead of the published timeline, with the deploy was still in view of the rocket stage camera. Later, NASA Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen explained on Twitter: “Recall that most commands from now on come from ground and they are given when certain conditions are reached.
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket launches with the James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The James Webb Space Telescope is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history—from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. Photo Credit: At about 12.
Technical details on MCC 1a. In theory it could have lasted up to three hours, so ~1 hour is basically good news w.r.t. fuel consumption, with the caveat that I know nothing of plans for MCC 1b or 2. cc
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