- James Webb Space Telescope has 180 non explosive actuators that help to deploy the sun shield, if even one of those actuators fail, the whole telescope will be useless. https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/704078.pdf 83 comments space
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- It Looks Like James Webb's Launch Date is Going to Slip to July 2021 - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/144804/it-looks-like-james-webbs-launch-date-is-going-to-slip-to-july-2021/ 53 comments
- Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed Until 2021 : NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892179776/nasa-pushes-back-launch-date-on-webb-space-telescope-citing-covid-19 18 comments
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may miss March 2021 launch, GAO report says | Space https://www.space.com/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-grim-gao-report.html 0 comments
- Issue No. 49 | The Orbital Index http://orbitalindex.com/archive/2020-01-30-Issue-49/ 0 comments
- Report: Webb telescope has just a 12 percent chance of making launch date | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/report-webb-telescope-has-just-a-12-percent-chance-of-making-launch-date 0 comments