James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope

Sax oot o 18 mirrors o the James Webb Space Telescope bein subjectit tae temperatur dippin test
Mission teep	Astronomy
Operator	NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
COSPAR ID	2021-130A
SATCAT no.	50463
Wabsteix	jwst.nasa.gov sci.esa.int/jwst asc-csa.gc.ca jwst.stsci.edu
Mission duration	5 years (design) 10 years (goal)
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Northrop Grumman Ball Aerospace
Launch mass	6,500 kg (14,300 lb)
Dimensions	20.197 m × 14.162 m (66.26 ft × 46.46 ft) (sunshield)
Pouer	2,000 watts
Stairt o mission
Launch date	Atween Mairch an Juin 2019
Rocket	Ariane 5 ECA
Launch steid	Kourou ELA-3
Contractor	Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference seestem	Sun–Yird L2
Regime	Halo orbit
Periapsis	374,000 km (232,000 mi)
Apoapsis	1,500,000 km (930,000 mi)
Period	6 months
Epoch	plan
Main
Teep	Korsch telescope
Diameter	6.5 m (21 ft)
Focal lenth	131.4 m (431 ft)
Collectin aurie	25 m2 (270 sq ft)
Wavelenths	frae 0.6 µm (orange) tae 28.5 µm (mid-infrareid)
Transponders
Baund	S-baund (TT&C support) Ka baund (data acquiseetion)
Baundweenth	S-baund up: 16 kbit/s S-band down: 40 kbit/s Ka baund doun: up tae 28 Mbit/s
Instruments NIRCam Near IR Camera NIRSpec Near-Infrareid Spectrograph MIRI Mid IR Instrument NIRISS Near Infrareid Eemager an Slitless Spectrograph FGS Fine Guidance Sensor Elements: Integratit Science Instrument Module Optical Telescope Element Spacecraft Element (Spacecraft Bus+Sunshield)
James Webb Space Telescope insignia Flagship Program

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developit in coordination amang NASA, the European Space Agency, an the Canadian Space Agency.