The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developit in coordination amang NASA, the European Space Agency, an the Canadian Space Agency.[5]
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| Mission teep | Astronomy |
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| Operator | NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI[1] |
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| COSPAR ID | 2021-130A |
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| SATCAT no. | 50463 |
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| Wabsteix | jwst.nasa.gov
sci.esa.int/jwst
asc-csa.gc.ca
jwst.stsci.edu |
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| Mission duration | 5 years (design)
10 years (goal) |
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| Spacecraft properties |
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| Manufacturer | Northrop Grumman
Ball Aerospace |
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| Launch mass | 6,500 kg (14,300 lb)[2] |
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| Dimensions | 20.197 m × 14.162 m (66.26 ft × 46.46 ft) (sunshield) |
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| Pouer | 2,000 watts |
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| Stairt o mission |
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| Launch date | Atween Mairch an Juin 2019[3] |
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| Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA |
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| Launch steid | Kourou ELA-3 |
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| Contractor | Arianespace |
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| Orbital parameters |
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| Reference seestem | Sun–Yird L2 |
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| Regime | Halo orbit |
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| Periapsis | 374,000 km (232,000 mi)[4] |
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| Apoapsis | 1,500,000 km (930,000 mi)[4] |
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| Period | 6 months |
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| Epoch | plan |
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| Main |
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| Teep | Korsch telescope |
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| Diameter | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
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| Focal lenth | 131.4 m (431 ft) |
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| Collectin aurie | 25 m2 (270 sq ft) |
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| Wavelenths | frae 0.6 µm (orange)
tae 28.5 µm (mid-infrareid) |
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| Transponders |
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| Baund | S-baund (TT&C support)
Ka baund (data acquiseetion) |
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| Baundweenth | S-baund up: 16 kbit/s
S-band down: 40 kbit/s
Ka baund doun: up tae 28 Mbit/s |
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| Instruments |
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| NIRCam | Near IR Camera |
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| NIRSpec | Near-Infrareid Spectrograph |
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| MIRI | Mid IR Instrument |
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| NIRISS | Near Infrareid Eemager an Slitless Spectrograph |
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| FGS | Fine Guidance Sensor
Elements:
- Integratit Science Instrument Module
- Optical Telescope Element
- Spacecraft Element (Spacecraft Bus+Sunshield)
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