James Webb Space Telescope Distance From Earth 2021. The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it will actually orbit the Sun 15 million kilometers 1 million miles away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2. On Saturday Dec.
By Will Sullivan Inside Science Published. Mon 20 Dec 2021 0100 EST. Tuesday December 14 2021.
In addition the new observatory which is slated to go into orbit on Dec.
JWST was launched on 25 December 2021 on Ariane flight VA256It is designed to provide. It is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASAs flagship mission in astrophysics. What is special about this orbit is that it lets the telescope stay in line with the Earth as it. NASAs James Webb Space Telescope separates from its Ariane 5 rocket with the bright blue Earth in the background in this view captured after its launch on Dec.