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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWebb two days from L2 insertion!
And, mirror deployment complete.
https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?units=metric
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Webb two days from L2 insertion! (Original Post)
Disaffected
Jan 2022
OP
Yeah, I was thinking about it getting close! Just hadn't check Where's Web yet today.
electric_blue68
Jan 2022
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Owl
(3,764 posts)1. Might it overshoot the L2 point? Still going pretty fast.
Its not going to stop at the L2 point, its going to orbit the L2 point.
Disaffected
(6,260 posts)3. There will be a rocket burn to
slow and redirect it to the required L2 orbit.
BlueGreenLady
(2,887 posts)4. My favorite physicist explains the unfolding of the Webb and also
talks about why Pluto may be designated a planet again.
spanone
(141,223 posts)5. K&R
electric_blue68
(26,438 posts)6. Yeah, I was thinking about it getting close! Just hadn't check Where's Web yet today.
