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The James Webb Space Telescope: Mission Overview and StatusThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the Infrared successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. It is a cryogenic infrared space observatory with a 25 sq m aperture (6 m class) telescope yielding diffraction limited angular resolution at a wave1ength of 2 micron. The science instrument payload includes three passively cooled near-infrared instruments providing broad- and narrow-band imagery, coronagraphy, as well as multi-object and integral-field spectroscopy over the 0.6
Document ID
20120014352
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Greenhouse, Matthew A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
July 24, 2011
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.OVPR.6540.2012
Report Number: GSFC.OVPR.6540.2012
Meeting Information
Meeting: The James Webb Space Telescope: Mission Overview and Status
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Country: United States
Start Date: July 24, 2011
End Date: July 29, 2011
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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