The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Telescope Element (OTE) is the first NASA segmented space telescope and is planned for launch in 2011. The telescope architecture was recently finalized with the selection of the primary mirror material. This presentation reviews the telescope architecture and discusses the remaining key technological challenges of this element.


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    Title :

    James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Telescope Element (OTE) Architecture and Technology


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2004 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2004-01-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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