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NASA / ESA / CSA

James Webb Space Telescope

1LAUNCHES
L2 Halo OrbitORBIT
1,500,000 kmALTITUDE
AstronomyPURPOSE
Dec 2021FIRST LAUNCH
MASS6,161 kg
ALTITUDE1500000 km
INCLINATIONN/A°
ORBIT TYPEL2 Halo Orbit
COUNTRYUnited States / Europe / Canada

James Webb Space Telescope is a astronomy satellite operated by NASA / ESA / CSA. It operates in L2 Halo Orbit orbit at 1500000 km altitude. 1 deployment launches are tracked on Space Launch Live.

The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever built, operating from the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point since 2022. Its 6.5-meter gold-coated beryllium mirror and suite of infrared instruments can observe the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang. JWST has already revolutionized our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres, star formation, and cosmic evolution.

Mass6,161 kg (13,585 lbs)
Altitude1500000 km (932,057 mi)
InclinationN/A°
OrbitL2 Halo Orbit