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01.12.16 -- Testing The James Webb Space Telescope With Radio Waves
2016-01-11 01:38:02| rfglobalnet News Articles
01/12/16RF Globalnet Newsletter
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Testing The James Webb Space Telescope With Radio Waves
2016-01-08 05:01:36| rfglobalnet Home Page
The instruments that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope not only have to be tough enough to survive in the cold of space, but they also have to work properly in the electromagnetic environment on the spacecraft, so they're tested for both. Recently, they passed a test for the latter in a very unique room.
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Zombie Spitzer space telescope detects interstellar shockwaves from runaway stars
2016-01-07 20:30:51| Extremetech
Most of the stars in the known universe reside within relatively stable systems. But what about the ones that don't? The Spitzer Space Telescope is still gathering data long after its supposed death, and it can detect the interstellar sonic boom from runaway stars like Zeta Ophiuchi.
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ESA schedules James Webb Space Telescope for October 2018 launch
2015-12-18 18:47:08| Extremetech
After 20 years, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch.
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Budget-oriented Twinkle space telescope could study exoplanets on the cheap
2015-09-01 21:59:57| Extremetech
Maybe we don't need to spend billions to catch a glimpse of the weather on distant worlds. A new telescope would search the heavens and atmospheres for a fraction the cost of Hubble or the upcoming James Webb Telescope.