James Webb Space Telescope completes mirror deployment process

The James Webb Telescope, the largest space telescope, has deployed all hexagonal mirror segments. The delicate operation took about a week to get the individual mirror segments of the James Webb Observatory out of their projection positions. NASA Said that its engineers sent commands to motors, called actuators, to slowly move each segment about the length of a paper clip to clear the mirrors from their launch restrictions, and mirror each segment. Sufficient space should be given for alignment.

James Webb Space Telescope It is now expected to enter its orbit around the Sun. This telescope will be about one million miles away from Earth. Erin Wolf, also the mission’s program manager Explained How the mirrors were moved and tested at the James Webb Observatory. He said the motors made more than one lakh rounds this week. The team moved all 132 actuators to the rear of the primary and secondary mirror segments. Using six motors that deploy each segment about half the length of a paper clip, the actuators clear the mirrors from their launch restraints and place each segment to later adjust in other directions, he said. give.