The JWST Observatory: Status and Path Forward
Abstract
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large (6.5 m) segmented aperture telescope equipped with near- and mid-infrared instruments (0.6-28 microns), all of which are passively cooled to ~40 K by a 5-layer sunshield while the mid-infrared instrument is further actively cooled to 7 K. The extensive integration and test program developed and verified two primary elements: the telescope and science instruments, called OTIS, and the spacecraft and sunshield, called the Spacecraft Element. The OTIS and Spacecraft Element activities are presented by Kimble et al. at this meeting. These two elements were recently joined together to form the complete JWST Observatory. We will describe the Observatory integration process, overall status, testing plans, and the on-orbit performance estimates.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #235
- Pub Date:
- January 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020AAS...23537209M