For the James Webb Space Telescope Mid-Infrared Instrument he has been funded by the UK Space Agency and the UK's Science & Technology Facility Council. He receives research funding from a variety sources of grants.
Piyal Samara-Ratna works for the University of Leicester where he is a technical member of staff. He receives funding from grants from the UK Space Agency and the UK's Science & Technology Facilities Council, and has previously received funding from grants from the European Community Horizon 2020 programme. He is a member of international teams conducting observations during JWST Cycle 1. John Pye works for the University of Leicester. Leigh Fletcher leads a range of JWST Solar System observations during its first year, and receives funding from a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant, the Royal Society, and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Principal Engineer, University of Leicester Senior research fellow, University of Leicester “We feel the pressure, but it is a positive pressure for excellence, and we will deliver.Associate Professor in Planetary Sciences, University of Leicester “We are in now the final, final mile heading towards this historical launch,” he said. “We have margin, and we are very, very confident that we will be on time for the 18th of December.” That includes accounting for two other launches at the spaceport ahead of JWST: a Vega launch of a cluster of French military smallsats in November and a Soyuz launch of two Galileo navigation satellites at the end of November. There’s also margin in launch vehicle preparations, Israël said. We’re in a really good state.” That margin will shrink once JWST is fueled and integrated with the Ariane 5, he added, but that is expected. “We have a minimum of 11 days margin,” he said. Launch preparations have been running ahead of schedule, giving NASA some breathing room.
He said the team in French Guiana has had to deal with only minor issues associated with logistics, such as food and lodging, rather than technical issues with the spacecraft. Fueling of the spacecraft will take place in about a month, after which it will be installed on the launch vehicle. “The observatory is in the high bay in French Guiana,” beginning launch preparations, said Greg Robinson, JWST program director at NASA Headquarters. 12, traveling by ship from Southern California. The spacecraft itself arrived in French Guiana Oct. The launch campaign for JWST will formally begin Nov. “It will be a very important milestone” allowing work to begin on the Ariane 5 launch of JWST, he said. Stéphane Israël, chief executive of Arianespace, said on the panel that the final review of that launch was scheduled for Oct. The total payload mass of 10,264 kilograms was the heaviest for a geostationary orbit mission by any vehicle to date. 23, placing into geostationary transfer orbit the SES-17 communications satellite for SES and the Syracuse 4A communications satellite for France’s military. That confidence is bolstered by the successful launch of the most recent Ariane 5 mission Oct.
27.ĭuring a panel discussion at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, representatives of NASA, the European Space Agency, Arianespace and other expressed confidence that the long-delayed giant space telescope will finally launch on Dec. The success of the most recent Ariane 5 launch has allowed preparations for the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to move into the home stretch, officials said Oct.
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