JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE Orbit & Location - What Its Position?

JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE Trajectory, Location, Orbit & Maintenance Explained - Where Is It Flying To & What Its Position?
The launch date was on December 25th, 2021 not 26th!

JWST will be placed in an orbit about the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point located about 1.5 million km from Earth, which is four times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

It is incorrect to say that JWST "will be at L2." Rather, JWST will orbit around L2.

At Lagrange points, the gravitational pull of two large masses precisely equals the centripetal force, required for a small object to move with them
The distance of JWST from the L2 point varies between 250,000 to 832,000 km.
The period of the orbit is about 6 months. The maximum excursion above or below the ecliptic plane is 520,000 km. The maximum distance from the Earth is 1.8 million km, and the maximum Earth-Sun angle is less than 33°.
L2 is a saddle point in the gravitational potential of the Solar System. Because saddle points are not stable, JWST will need to regularly fire onboard thrusters to maintain its orbit around L2. These station-keeping maneuvers will be performed every 21 days.
To maintain solar power, the orbit is designed such that JWST is never in the shadow of the Earth or the Moon during the mission.

Credit:
NASA.gov
ESA/ATG medialab
NASA Goddard Media Studios

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[TheIrieman]

December 25th was the launch actually; another good and informative video.

[odenmaster]

0:52～
Excellent!
This is exactly the image I wanted to see.

[AlanGBarker]

It will take some time returning to this information regularly to get my head around the geometry of how this technical marvel works

[ObiWanCannabi]

who's animation is that at 2:32, surely the shadow on the earth should be static and the planet rotating, we should only see the dark side no?

[coffeetalk]

I'm several centuries old and I can still remember being excited about the news of Galileo's telescope! 😊

[anthonysponholz]

What makes me crazy is the fact that the period of L2 orbit is 6 months but goes parallel to earth. The earth needs 12 months to surround sun.

Any informations here????

[patrikwright]

No has mentioned how long does it take earth to tell webb do this?

[antonyraggett]

? Once the JWST reaches it's L2 position what would be the velocity/speed(MPH) to maintain it's orbit?

[ThaJoshynator]

How much energy would be in a sun beam that was reflected and focused by jwst?

[ComicKish]

what speed will it travel at L 2 orbit bang?

[hdckdsadd]

how is the orbital injection achieved?

[shanebomb]

How long it will continue yo give its services..

[alexalex]

Why couldn't they do all this unfolding while it was still in earth orbit so if something went wrong it could be serviced like Hubble? After that it could be sent to L2 fully deployed.

[Cole-jbip]

I'm getting interested in orbital mechanics as a result of the James web mission. Here I go. I now know what my major's going to be. Hahaha, just kidding. I'm 65 and I really don't think I'll be able have a career where that kind of knowledge would be useful. Maybe just for fun 😎

[KristherLouisVidal]

I’m really amaze on how far humans have gone to in terms of technology.

I got the chance to play with arduino that needs to deployed in the field and won’t even last for a day before losing internet connection 😂😂

[Haukka]

NASA didn't launch, ESA did! Esa launched a NASA probe. Are the other facts with this posting?