James Webb Space Telescope begins aligning its golden mirror, This process is said to take about 3 months. A few weeks after the excitement of the launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is already trying to focus on space.
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James Webb Space Telescope begins aligning its golden mirror |
Engineers have begun the recently announced 18-segment giant golden mirror alignment process. A NASA official said in a blog update posted Wednesday (January 12th) that this work would eventually allow these individual reflectors to act as a single focusing device. ..
The process began with the engineer instructing 132 actuators to move and position the primary and secondary mirrors to ensure that everything responds as expected. The team confirmed that Aquature was working to guide the fine steering mirrors on the web. It is used during the image stabilization process.
The observatory team will work for about 10 days to remove the mirror parts from the launch position. Then continue to work more accurately. The goal is to make every part of the web function as a single observatory in the universe. This is necessary for the telescope's ambitious agenda to elaborate on the life history of various objects about the early universe and parts of it.
NASA estimates that the border will take about three months, which is expected to happen until mid-April when everything is fixed. Webb was launched on December 25th, and thanks to the accuracy of the launch, there may be enough fuel for 20 years of science, but it all depends on the proper functioning of the mirror.
"The ground team is now beginning to instruct the primary and secondary mirrors to be removed from the launch configuration, away from vibrations and vibration-protecting snubbers," NASA said. "These movements take at least 10 days, after which the engineer can start a three-month process of coordinating the sections and running them as a single mirror."
The web is still heading to a "parking spot" called Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2 (L2), about 930,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth. Launch the engine on January 23 and advance into the area
The next-generation telescope will take about 6 months to complete the test run activity. Then this summer, we will launch a series of early scientific programs covering everything from the study of exoplanets to the first exploration of the universe.
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