The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the next of NASAs Great Observatories; following in the line of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. JWST integrates qualities of 2 of its predecessors, observing in infrared light, like Spitzer, with great resolution, like Hubble. Credit: NASA, SkyWorks Digital, Northrop Grumman, STScI
At 7:20 pm EST– 60 hours after liftoff– Webbs second mid-course correction burn started. It lasted 9 minutes and 27 seconds and is now total. This burn is one of three prepared course corrections to put the telescope specifically in orbit around the 2nd Lagrange point, typically called L2.
By NASA
December 28, 2021