Secondary mirror is deployed. 11 days since launch, 67% of the distance covered, more than 600000 miles covered, less than 300000 miles left, the speed is down to 0.29 miles per second.
Started to deploy the primary mirror. 13 days since launch, 72% of the distance covered, 250000 miles left, the speed is down to 0.26 miles per second.
Deployed the primary mirror yesterday. 15 days since launch, almost 77% of the distance covered, 208000 miles left, the speed is down to 0.23 miles per second.
"The largest, most complex telescope ever launched into space is fully deployed.
Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
Webb will continue to travel to the second Lagrange point (L2) for another two weeks, at which point it will enter a large orbit around the L2 point. The following five months will be used to cool the telescope to operating temperature, fine-tune the mirror alignment, and calibrate the instruments."
Almost 80% of the distance covered, almost 17 days since launch, the speed is down to 0.2175 miles per second, 715000 miles covered, 183000 miles to go.
92% of distance, 70000 miles to go, speed is down to 0.15 miles per second, 23 days since launch, mirror segment deployment in progress. 6 days till L2 insertion.
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"The largest, most complex telescope ever launched into space is fully deployed.
Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
Webb will continue to travel to the second Lagrange point (L2) for another two weeks, at which point it will enter a large orbit around the L2 point. The following five months will be used to cool the telescope to operating temperature, fine-tune the mirror alignment, and calibrate the instruments."
Almost 80% of the distance covered, almost 17 days since launch, the speed is down to 0.2175 miles per second, 715000 miles covered, 183000 miles to go.
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Mirror segment deployment was completed a while ago.
29 days since launch, 98% of distances, speed is down to 0.13 miles per second, 16000 miles to go, L2 insertion in a day from now.
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Speed 0.1255 miles per second.