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    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sunshield is a passive thermal control system deployed post-launch to shield the telescope and instrumentation from...
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    component of the JWST, hosting a multitude of computing, communication, electric power, propulsion, and structural parts. Along with the sunshield, it forms...
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    three elements of the JWST are the Optical Telescope Element (OTE), the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) and the sunshield. Region 3 of ISIM is...
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    2018: JWST launch delayed to at least May 2020 as issues arise, including ones with the propulsion system and potential snagging of the sunshield. 27 June...
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    the sunshield must remain between telescope and Sun, so the spacecraft could not turn around or use its thrusters to slow down. Ariane 5 and JWST at the...
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  • needed] Aeroshell Atmospheric reentry AVCOAT Intumescent Starlite Sunshield (JWST) Shao, Gaofeng; et al. (2019). "Improved oxidation resistance of high...
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    which includes the spacecraft bus and sunshield. ISIM has a mass of 1400 kg (3086 lb), about 23% of the mass of the JWST. The infrared camera instrument integrated...
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    of the JWST are the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) and the Spacecraft Element (SE), which includes the spacecraft bus and sunshield. The components...
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    CHEOPS (section Sunshield)
    satellite bus of the CHEOPS spacecraft is based on the SEOSAT platform. A sunshield mounted on the platform protects the radiator and detector housing against...
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  • A space sunshade or sunshield is a parasol that diverts or otherwise reduces some of the Sun's radiation, preventing it from hitting a spacecraft or planet...
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    from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-04-23. "Status of the JWST Sunshield and Spacecraft" (PDF). Satellite Bus Subsystems Archived 2012-09-05...
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    four scientific instruments flown on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST is the follow-on mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and is...
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    kelvins (−448.87 °F, or −267.15 °C). The ISIM is at about 40 K (due to the sunshield) and there is a dedicated MIRI radiation shield beyond which the temperature...
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    launch of JWST. January 24, 2022 JWST successfully arrived at Lagrange point L2 about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. February 2022 JWST began transmitting...
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    Solar Array Parametric Assessment". AIAA. AIAA-2000-2919. Status of the JWST Sunshield and Spacecraft J. Arenberg, J. Flynn, A. Cohen, R. Lynch and J. Cooper...
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    space observatory, is located at L2. This allows the satellite's large sunshield to protect the telescope from the light and heat of the Sun, Earth and...
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    deployed in space near the Earth–Sun L2 Lagrangian point, and a large sunshield made of silicon- and aluminum-coated Kapton will keep its mirror and instruments...
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