James Webb space telescope shot from French Guayana.
The Ariane 5 rocket took the most expensive cargo in history to tour to L-1 point. There that scientific instrument will start to make observations of the universe by using infrared frequency. The remarkable thing in the structure of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the telescope that is equipped with a turning system. That saves fuel.
Whenever this space telescope can change the objects that it observes. It must not use its rockets. That saves fuel and extends the lifetime of the telescope. The JWST is a telescope that is the Christmas gift for science.
Its 6,5 meters telescope is the most accurate optical system in space. And that system can uncover many exoplanets and maybe it finds alien lifeforms. The JWST telescope is extremely expensive and building that telescope has taken an extremely long time. And now on its journey to Lagrange point L-1. Where it starts its scientific work in July when the systems checked is done.
James Webb telescope (Wikipedia) |
And calibration is made. The iconic image when the JWST separated from the upper inertial stage of Ariane was that when it opened its solar panel, that telescope looked like a bright keyhole. The thing about the launch is that the interesting thing was the trajectory. And of course, the first couple of minutes are the most critical points in space flight. Most of the accidents happen when the rocket is traveling in the atmosphere.
The next critical moments are the separations of the stages and the aerodynamic core at the top of the rocket. In those cases can happen the problems. But when we are thinking about the price of the JWST and the time I think that great publicity caused that this fundamental system launch.
The thing is that the unknown signals and new exoplanets and rogue planets are caused that the JWST telescope will go to its position. Maybe that telescope can solve some mysteries of the universe. But the thing is that the JWST telescope will also bring new mysteries for the front of the eyes of the researchers. And maybe JWST will find aliens or give a warning about the incoming rogue planets.
Maybe, that telescope will also help to solve the mystery of "Planet 9". Is that unknown object that causes anomalies for trajectories of Neptune some kind of planet, is its black hole or gravitational effect of some kind of interplanetary nebula? Or is the reason for those anomalies that the Alpha Centauri would go in line with some other objects?
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope
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