James Webb Space Telescope is an optical telescope in space, located at L2, the second sun-Earth Lagrange point. it has provided high resolution and sensitivity to view objects too old. James Webb was developed by NASA and during its development, it has partnered with two major agencies, which are the European Space Agency ESA and the Canadian Space Agency CSA.
James Webb Space Telescope is used for Astronomy, and the mission duration will be nine months 24 days it uses power upto 2KW (kile watts).
james webb space telescope
Bandwidth:
- S-band up: 16 kbit/s
- S-band down: 40 kbit/s
- Ka-band down: up to 28 Mbit/s
The main telescope is Korsch telescope with a diameter 6.5m (which is around 21 feets)., focal length will be 131.4 meters (431 feets). And the focal ratio is f/20.2 and the collecting area 25.4 meter square (273 square feet).
james webb space telescope vs hubble
Initial designs for the telescope later named the Next Generation Space Telescope, began in 1996. Enormous costs plagued the program. The high-level nature of the experiment and the complexity of the telescope has been commented on by the media, scientists and engineers.
- Location and orbit
- Sunshield protection
- Optics
- Scientific Instruments
- Spacecraft Bus
- Servicing
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