Webb's Orbit at Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) | Webb
May 19, 2021 · The James Webb Space Telescope orbits the Sun near Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2 (L2), approximately 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) from Earth. L2 is one of five Sun …
Orbit - NASA Science
Aug 22, 2024 · The James Webb Space Telescope is not in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it actually orbits the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1. Explore; …
James Webb Space Telescope Launch and Orbit at L2
Jul 12, 2022 · The camera pushes into Earth as the James Webb Space Telescope is launched. The camera pulls back to a top-down view as JWST arrives at L2. A yellow arrow points to the …
NASA SVS | The James Webb Space Telescope at L2
Jan 24, 2022 · After launch, the James Webb Space Telescope will travel to its orbital destination. Webb will perform its science mission while orbiting a location in space, called the second …
JWST Orbit - JWST User Documentation
Actual orbit of JWST around the Sun-Earth second Lagrange point (L2), with position marked for 200 days after launch. The first panel shows the excursions above and below the ecliptic …
The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its new home at …
Jan 24, 2022 · Webb’s final destination is a spot in space called L2, about 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. The telescope will actually orbit L2 as L2 orbits the sun (as shown in this …
Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb - Webb Space Telescope
Dec 25, 2021 · L2 is approximately 1 million miles from Earth (932056 miles/1.5M km to be exact). But Webb never actually arrives at L2, it is travelling to enter an orbit around L2. …
Deployment Explorer Webb/NASA
During Webb's launch, ~1,000,000 mile journey to L2, deployment, commissioning and through the release of its first images, this interactive tracked Webb's current state in realtime and …
Where is Webb? - NASA
Webb's L2 orbit is very large in size and it enters its orbit before it reaches the linear distance between Earth and L2. Webb's orbit around L2 is known as a halo orbit which, rather than a …
Webb Has Arrived Successfully at L2 - Universe Today
Jan 25, 2022 · A final 5-minute thruster firing on January 24, 2022 put JWST in its halo orbit at the Sun-Earth Lagrange 2 (L2) point. The formal commissioning process can now begin.