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James Webb Space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Hervey S. Stockman
Hervey S. Stockman*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: stockman@stsci.edu
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Abstract

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the scientific successor to the Hubble and Spitzer missions. Its wavelength range (1 - 28μm) and sensitivity (1 nJy - 1 μJy) complement the submillimeter facilities of the coming decade, Herschel and ALMA. The JWST development is on schedule for a June 2013 launch to L2 on an Ariane 5.

Keywords

space vehiclesspace vehicles: instrumentstelescopes

References

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