The European optical contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope
Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is frequently referred to as the follow-on mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The ‘Webb’ will be the biggest space telescope ever built and is expected to enable astounding new science. The observatory comprises a 6.5-m-diameter telescope with a segmented primary mirror and four high-performance optical science instruments. The JWST has mostly been optimized to work in the near- (0.6–5.0 μm) and mid-infrared (5.0–29 μm) wavelength regions. The project is a strong international partnership led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with contributions from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The observatory is currently scheduled for launch in early 2021 from Kourou, French Guyana, by an ESA-provided Ariane 5 rocket. This paper will focus on the European optical contribution to the mission, which mainly consists of two highly advanced optical science instruments: The multi-object near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) and the mid-infrared instrument (MIRI). The opto-mechanical design considerations and the realization of both instruments will be described, and we will conclude with a short JWST project status report and future outlook.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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The European optical contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope ; volume:7 ; number:6 ; year:2018 ; pages:353-364 ; extent:12
Advanced Optical Technologies ; 7, Heft 6 (2018), 353-364 (gesamt 12)
- Creator
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te Plate, Maurice
O’Sullivan, Brian
Ferruit, Pierre
Lee, David
Wells, Martyn
Koehler, Jess
Melf, Markus
Holota, Wolfgang
- DOI
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10.1515/aot-2018-0041
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405071642058.990081379134
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:48 AM CEST
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Associated
- te Plate, Maurice
- O’Sullivan, Brian
- Ferruit, Pierre
- Lee, David
- Wells, Martyn
- Koehler, Jess
- Melf, Markus
- Holota, Wolfgang
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