Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by jakeinspace on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:24PM
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You don't need to reach the exact Lagrange point and reduce your velocity relative to it to 0. James Webb will be orbiting the Sun-Earth L2 with an apogee of nearly a million miles. There is a ridiculous amount of room for craft to orbit L2, just like there is to orbit Earth (beyond LEO).
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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by bdcp on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @03:09PM
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Also there are other satellites at L2 already.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_at_Lagrange_po...
It's really a none issue