James Webb Space Telescope Lagrange Point 2021. L2 is short-hand for the second Lagrange Point a wonderful accident of gravity and orbital mechanics and the perfect place to park the Webb telescope in space. NASAs James Webb Space Telescope the agencys successor to the famous Hubble telescope is scheduled to launch no earlier than Dec.
The telescope will travel to its destination at the second Lagrange point. Cost at time of launch. Artists illustration of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope which will rest in space at Lagrange Point 2 a spot directly behind Earth from the suns perspective.
Artists illustration of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope which will rest in space at Lagrange Point 2 a spot directly behind Earth from the suns perspective.
James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope will travel to its destination at the second Lagrange point. Late yesterday teams at the launch site successfully completed encapsulation of the observatory inside the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space. The James Webb Space Telescope sits atop an Ariane 5 rocket on the launchpad in French Guiana on 23 December.