The James Webb Space Telescope, the new eye of mankind heading into space, has arrived at a destination 1 million miles (regarding 1.6 million km) from Earth.
According to the AFP news agency, NASA announced on the 24th (local time) that the James Webb Space Telescope had arrived at its destination, the second Lagrange point (L2), a month following it was launched into space last Christmas.
L2 is a point where the gravity of the sun and the earth are balanced, so that the mission can be performed while orbiting the sun without any additional power. In addition, it is possible to minimize the interference of light from the sun and the earth, and it is a point that has the advantage of maintaining a constant distance between the earth and the telescope at all times.
The James Webb Space Telescope will now observe the universe by turning its back to the sun and orbiting the sun with the same orbital cycle as the Earth following regarding five months of stabilization.
The James Webb Space Telescope, in which NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Canada jointly participated, has invested 10 billion dollars (regarding 11.97 trillion won) over 25 years.
The performance of the James Webb Space Telescope is said to be regarding 100 times that of the existing Hubble Space Telescope and 10 billion times that of our eyes.
(Seoul = News 1)
