From a tropical rainforest to the edge of time itself. Webb Space Telescope launched. (Page 2/2)
rinselberg
DEC 31, 07:34 AM
New video (2+ minutes) of the JWST after it separated from its launch vehicle and began the long journey to L2, about a million miles distant from Earth.
While the telescope is [now] considered fully deployed, much remains to be completed. There are still 49 of those [original 344] “single point failures,” according to Mr. Menzel. Problems with any of them could affect the mission’s individual instruments or the entire spacecraft.
By the end of January, the telescope will be in its final orbit at L2. The astronomers will spend the next five months tweaking the mirrors to bring them into common focus and beginning to test and calibrate their instruments.
Then real science will begin. Astronomers have said the first picture from the Webb telescope will appear in June, but of what nobody will say.
[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-08-2022).]
