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Here's the main reasoning for placing it at L2: http://jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html http://jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html
by noselasd 12y ago
Here's the main reasoning for placing it at L2: http://jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html http://jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html
- mrfusion 12y agoRight I understand the reason. But as my question says, I don't understand how a rocket inserts it into that orbit.
- josePhoenix 12y agoThis video shows the steps that take it from a folded-up thing stuffed into a rocket to a deployed telescope at L2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxLAGchWnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxLAGchWnA The rocket is out of the picture fairly early on in the timeline.
- gokhan 12y agoWhoa. A deployment sequence to put Curiosity's one to shame. Too many moving parts, over the course of a month. I hope all goes well.
- sjburt 12y agoIt's easier to think of it not as "stopped", but in an orbit around the earth that takes exactly 1 year to complete. So it does have some tangential velocity.