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JWST
JWST is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the JWST program.
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Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
JWST is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the JWST program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2021-130; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 25 December 2021, 12:20:07 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5ECA+
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
JWST
GCAT program: JWST.
- GCAT ID
- S50463
- Manufacturer
- NGAS/GSFC
- Launch mass
- 6,161 kg
- Propulsion
- TR-500 x 4
- Dimensions
- 8 m long · 4.5 m diameter · 21.2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
4 images from JWST.
Asset provenance
3D model
- Source
- JWST (James Webb Space Telescope)
- Author
- Paul (Sketchfab)
- Usage
- CC BY 4.0
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