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Bringing up Webb is a six-month process after it gets on station. According to [1], in months 2 and 3 the mirror positions are adjusted to bring them into optim
by ridgeguy 10y ago
Bringing up Webb is a six-month process after it gets on station. According to [1], in months 2 and 3 the mirror positions are adjusted to bring them into optimum optical alignment. I haven't found anything on the type of actuators used for this.
[1] http://jwst.nasa.gov/faq.html http://jwst.nasa.gov/faq.html (in section 16)