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Posted on NASA Spaceflight, James Webb Space Telescope one step closer to launch.
The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has passed its critical final mission analysis review — clearing the way for a late 2021 launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket.
With this review completed, Arianespace and JWST teams can now begin final launch preparations. With a launch readiness date of October 31, 2021, Webb will soon be transported to French Guiana where it will be mated with its designated Ariane 5 rocket.
The mission analysis review, carried out by Arianespace and ESA, confirms that all launch systems — such as the telescope, rocket, ground systems, and launch teams — are set for launch. The review also confirms that Webb itself and its flight plan are ready for the mission to begin.
“We are thrilled to have passed this important step towards the launch of Webb and to have received the green light from Arianespace and NASA,” says Peter Rumler. Rumler is the project manager for the JWST at ESA.
When the telescope launches, it will experience a wide range of forces, such as vibrations and temperature changes and radiation. Therefore, Arianespace performed technical evaluations on important milestones of the mission’s ascent for the review, such as the launch trajectory and separation of the telescope from the rocket’s upper stage.
About time, since Hubble may be dead.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PiMuNu on Thursday July 08 2021, @10:13AM (1 child)
When the roadster hits jupiter it will start a chain reaction that ignites fusion in the core?
Presumably he has an infographic projected onto the wall of his Evil HQ with a nice display of the roadster and a little countdown timer on it (and a self-destruct button for the hero to press just in time)?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Thursday July 08 2021, @04:24PM
The James Webb Telescope will be able to show us clear images of the roadster cloning itself into millions of copies prior to when Jupiter goes fusion and becomes a new small sun.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.