James Webb Space Telescope, the giant project of the American Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), started its journey on December 25. The largest telescope that mankind has ever sent into space has begun its 29-day journey. Every detail of this 29-day journey has been calculated. Information about the first steps of the critical journey that has gone smoothly so far continues to come.
James Webb Space Telescope surpasses the Moon
Launched on Saturday from the launch base at the European Space Port in French Guiana with the Ariane 5 rocket, the telescope continues its journey without any problems. Since no human hand touched this journey, the first information about the journey, which was adjusted with nanometric calculations, began to come. According to the transmitted data, Webb will fire its thrusters to get into orbit. He has now completed the second movement of these maneuvers. In addition, according to the information conveyed, it has now left the moon distance behind.
James Webb Space Telescope will work for 10 years at Langrange-2 (L2) point 1.5 million kilometers away. It has now passed the third day of the journey that will take 29 days to reach the L2 point. The telescope, which went into orbit in the first 27 minutes after launch, left behind the second of three maneuvers it had to go through to continue its journey.
The James Webb Space Telescope will arrive at L2 after a 29-day journey. The telescope, which will work here for 10 years, will open and take its working position. The process, which will be quite complex and very fine-tuned, will take approximately 5 months. If all goes well, the telescope will start transmitting its first data after 6 months.
What will the James Webb Space Telescope do?
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is defined as the day when the definition of the universe changed, according to many scientists. Webb, which is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Telescope, which is the source of most of the information we know about space and has discovered more than 200,000 galaxies, will be able to see 13.5 billion years ago by traveling in time. Thus, it will reveal many unknowns about the universe.
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