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Hank: the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield deployment will go right (2021)

prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2021-12-24) · owner: Hank

On Christmas Eve 2021 Hank said that everything in the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield deployment had to go right, and that after testing it all should.

Told alongside: Hank: the James Webb Space Telescope will reach stable orbit at L2 29 days after launch and send its first images five to six months after launch (2021)

About: James Webb Space Telescope

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2021-12-24 predicted Hank says everything in the sunshield deployment has to go right; it has been tested and it all should. (hedged) 29 Days of Astronomical Terror 00:02:26

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  • 2021-12-24 · 29 Days of Astronomical Terror — Hank: Mirrors are fully deployed 13 days after launch and Webb reaches a stable orbit at L2 at 29 days; after four to five months of calibration, first images arrive five to six months after launch. — 00:02:55