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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by mrfusion on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:15AM (#8935197)
Right I understand the reason. But as my question says, I don't understand how a rocket inserts it into that orbit.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by josePhoenix on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:19AM (#8935221)
This video shows the steps that take it from a folded-up thing stuffed into a rocket to a deployed telescope at L2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxLAGchWnA The rocket is out of the picture fairly early on in the timeline.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by gokhan on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:35AM (#8935310)
Whoa. A deployment sequence to put Curiosity's one to shame. Too many moving parts, over the course of a month. I hope all goes well.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by sjburt on Friday January 23, 2015 @12:08PM (#8935923)
It's easier to think of it not as "stopped", but in an orbit around the earth that takes exactly 1 year to complete. So it does have some tangential velocity.
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