James Webb Space Telescope
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Summary
James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of space telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,028 views/month, #1 of 124).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: Space Telescope Science Institute[3], Goddard Space Flight Center[4]
- Named after: James E. Webb[5]
- Follows: Hubble Space Telescope[6]
- Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman Corporation[7], Ball Aerospace & Technologies[8], L3Harris Technologies[9], General Dynamics Mission Systems[10], Materion[11], Raytheon[12], Teledyne Technologies[13]
- Commons category: James Webb Space Telescope[14]
- Space launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ECA[15]
- Country of origin: United States[16]
- Type of orbit: halo orbit[17]
- Has part(s): James Webb Space Telescope sunshield[18], Optical Telescope Element[19], Integrated Science Instrument Module[20], Spacecraft Bus[21]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: December 25, 2021[22]
- Significant event: proposal[23], design review[24], assembly[25], rocket launch[26], halo orbit[27], first light[28]
- Official website: https://webb.nasa.gov/[29], https://esawebb.org/[30], https://webbtelescope.org/[31], https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/[32], https://sci.esa.int/jwst[33], https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb[34], https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/jwst/[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:James Webb Space Telescope[36]
- Commons gallery: James Webb Space Telescope[37]
- Launch contractor: Arianespace[38]
- Lagrangian point: L2 Earth-Sun[39]
- Carries scientific instrument: NIRCam[40], NIRSpec[41], MIRI[42], Fine Guidance Sensor and Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph[43]
- Start point: ELA-3[44]
- Official blog URL: https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/[45]
- Native label: James Webb Space Telescope[46]
- Length: 21.2 m[47]
- Area: 25.4 m²[48]
- Width: 14.2 m[49]
- Mass: 6161.42 kg[50]
- Capital cost: 9,700,000,000 US dollars[51], 8,800,000,000 US dollars[52], 861,000,000 US dollars[53], 500,000,000 US dollars[54], 1,000,000,000 US dollars[55], 1,800,000,000 US dollars[56], 2,500,000,000 US dollars[57], 3,000,000,000 US dollars[58], 4,500,000,000 US dollars[59]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for James Webb Space Telescope include Webb's First Deep Field[60], a photograph[61], founded in 2022[62].
Why It Matters
James Webb Space Telescope has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
It is credited with the discovery of JADES-GS-z13-0[65], a Lyman-break galaxy[66]; CEERS-93316[67], a galaxy[68]; and LHS 475 b[69], an exoplanet[70]. Entities named for it include Webb's First Deep Field[60], a photograph[61], founded in 2022[62].
FAQs
What did James Webb Space Telescope discover?
James Webb Space Telescope is credited as discoverer of JADES-GS-z13-0[65], CEERS-93316[67], and LHS 475 b[69].