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Re:Greg Robinson fixed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, re... by BurningFrog on Friday July 15, 2022 @06:02PM (#32113259)
It has to be L2, because Webb needs the shade.

That still leaves the L2s of Venus, Mars, Jupiter etc.

And you can probably fit a few more into Earth L2.

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Re:Greg Robinson fixed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, re... by Hikikomori on Friday July 15, 2022 @06:48PM (#32113578)
It's actually not in the shade, its orbit around L2 is quite wide. That's why it has the massive sunshield and solar array, it needs a lot of power.
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