The James Webb Space Telescope: an optical success story! (Conference Presentation)

Lee D. Feinberg

doi:10.1117/12.2640644

3 October 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope: an optical success story! (Conference Presentation)

Lee D. Feinberg

Proceedings Volume 12221, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV; 1222102 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2640644
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

After two decades of development, the James Webb Space Telescope launched on December 25th, 2021. This revolutionary telescope is the first ever 6.5 meter segmented telescope in space that was the work of 1000’s of engineers, technicians and scientists. Once in space, there were over 50 successful deployments followed by the first ever alignment of a segmented telescope in space and instrument commissioning. This talk will review the history of the telescope development through testing and on-orbit commissioning with a special focus on the optical technologies that both enabled the observatory and that were proven out through the commissioning.

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Lee D. Feinberg "The James Webb Space Telescope: an optical success story! (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 12221, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV, 1222102 (3 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2640644

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