Webb Telescope Deployment Origami In Space
The Webb telescope is so big that it has to fold origami-style not fit in the European Space Agency's Arianna rocket and it will unfold like a Transformer in space. This graphic shows a few key steps of the unfolding sequence, which is a complex process that Webb will undergo in its month long journey to the stable Lagrange L2 point of the Earth-Sun-Satellite three-body gravitational interaction.
This chart is courtesy of ESA for educational purposes.
Webb Telescope Deployment Origami In Space
The Webb telescope is so big that it has to fold origami-style not fit in the European Space Agency's Arianna rocket and it will unfold like a Transformer in space. This graphic shows a few key steps of the unfolding sequence, which is a complex process that Webb will undergo in its month long journey to the stable Lagrange L2 point of the Earth-Sun-Satellite three-body gravitational interaction.
This chart is courtesy of ESA for educational purposes.