Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb - Webb Space Telescope
Webb's L2 orbit is very large in size and it enters its orbit before it reaches the linear distance between Earth and L2. Webb's orbit around L2 is known as a halo orbit which, rather than a single path, is an orbit that periodically varies through a series of paths around L2.
James Webb Space Telescope - NASA Science
Webb launched on Dec. 25th 2021. It does not orbit around the Earth like the Hubble Space Telescope, it orbits the Sun 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2.
Webbcam - Webb/NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.
Deployment Explorer Webb/NASA
After launching from French Guiana, the observatory will travel to an orbit about one million miles away from Earth and undergo six months of commissioning in space—unfolding its mirrors, sunshield, and other smaller systems; cooling down; aligning; and calibrating.
Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb - Webb Space Telescope
'WhereIsWebb' shows the status of Webb on its journey to L2 orbit. The page constantly updates as Webb travels, deploys, and cools to operating temperature. The most recently completed deployment step for Webb is displayed along a timeline …
Orbit - Webb/NASA - Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb is the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.
Webb Launch Rewind - Webb/NASA - Webb Space Telescope
It also reveals that Webb completed a large percentage of its journey in just the first week or so of its 30 day flight. This revealed that Webb was dramatically slowing its forward speed during flight to slide into its L2 orbit.
Scott Lambros Biography Webb Telescope/NASA - Webb Space …
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.
Build It Yourself - James Webb Space Telescope
Build your own James Webb Space Telescope in this educational game that challenges you to construct it before time runs out.
JWST is in outer space. JWST will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth.