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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #630 on: February 24, 2022, 03:00:58 AM »
The Universe is infinite with no end.

How can Earth be at the center of the Universe if the Universe is infinite with no end therefore there is no center?

Is the bot really that stupid?
No, looking out of my window on a rotating Earth the universe is in all directions with no ends. Just look yourself. So Earth is the center. And some experts think it is L2 far away.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #631 on: February 24, 2022, 06:55:16 AM »
The Universe is infinite with no end.

How can Earth be at the center of the Universe if the Universe is infinite with no end therefore there is no center?

Is the bot really that stupid?

Judging from their answer, yes.  Yes it is.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #632 on: February 24, 2022, 04:16:33 PM »
No, looking out of my window on a rotating Earth the universe is in all directions with no ends. Just look yourself. So Earth is the center.
If you can't see the ends of the universe, then how do you know that the earth is at the center?  How do you know that the earth isn't somewhat left of center of the universe?
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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #633 on: February 24, 2022, 04:28:23 PM »
The Universe is infinite with no end.

How can Earth be at the center of the Universe if the Universe is infinite with no end therefore there is no center?

Is the bot really that stupid?
No, looking out of my window on a rotating Earth the universe is in all directions with no ends. Just look yourself. So Earth is the center. And some experts think it is L2 far away.
More LIES from the heiwabot. NOBODY think L2 is the center of the universe.

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« Reply #634 on: February 24, 2022, 05:07:58 PM »
No, looking out of my window on a rotating Earth the universe is in all directions with no ends. Just look yourself. So Earth is the center.
If you can't see the ends of the universe, then how do you know that the earth is at the center?  How do you know that the earth isn't somewhat left of center of the universe?
I just look out from my window. I have a great view of the sea where I see the Sun rising every morning in good weather. It is ESA/NASA that says that JWST can see the end and beginning of the Universe from L2. I consider ESA/NASA and their JWST a sad joke.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #635 on: February 24, 2022, 06:41:29 PM »
I just look out from my window. I have a great view of the sea where I see the Sun rising every morning in good weather.
Good for you.  Who cares?

It is ESA/NASA that says that JWST can see the end and beginning of the Universe from L2.
No, I'm pretty sure that they never said anything like that.  Please stop saying stupid things.

I consider ESA/NASA and their JWST a sad joke.
Interesting.  There are quite a few who feel the same way about you.
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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #636 on: February 24, 2022, 08:58:23 PM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:

 “The James Webb Space Telescope’s revolutionary technology will study every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
Webb’s infrared telescope will explore a wide range of science questions to help us understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.”
 
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbFactSheet.pdf

I particularily love the revolutionary "momentum flap" fitted below the sun shields.
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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #637 on: February 24, 2022, 11:52:24 PM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:

 “The James Webb Space Telescope’s revolutionary technology will study every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
Webb’s infrared telescope will explore a wide range of science questions to help us understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.”
 
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbFactSheet.pdf

I particularily love the revolutionary "momentum flap" fitted below the sun shields.

The aft momentum flap helps minimize the fuel engineers will need to use throughout Webb’s lifetime, by helping to maintain the observatory’s orientation in orbit. As photons of sunlight hit the large sunshield surface, they will exert pressure on the sunshield, and if not properly balanced, this solar pressure would cause rotations of the observatory that must be accommodated by its reaction wheels. The aft momentum flap will sail on the pressure of these photons, balancing the sunshield and keeping the observatory steady.


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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #638 on: February 25, 2022, 01:02:09 AM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:

 “The James Webb Space Telescope’s revolutionary technology will study every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
Webb’s infrared telescope will explore a wide range of science questions to help us understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.”
 
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbFactSheet.pdf

I particularily love the revolutionary "momentum flap" fitted below the sun shields.

The aft momentum flap helps minimize the fuel engineers will need to use throughout Webb’s lifetime, by helping to maintain the observatory’s orientation in orbit. As photons of sunlight hit the large sunshield surface, they will exert pressure on the sunshield, and if not properly balanced, this solar pressure would cause rotations of the observatory that must be accommodated by its reaction wheels. The aft momentum flap will sail on the pressure of these photons, balancing the sunshield and keeping the observatory steady.
Thanks! Yes, the momentum flap is revolutionary. It minimize fuel needed to keep the "observatory" steady. Have you got any evidence for this nonsense?

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #639 on: February 25, 2022, 03:46:16 AM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:

 “The James Webb Space Telescope’s revolutionary technology will study every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
Webb’s infrared telescope will explore a wide range of science questions to help us understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.”
 
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbFactSheet.pdf

I particularily love the revolutionary "momentum flap" fitted below the sun shields.

The aft momentum flap helps minimize the fuel engineers will need to use throughout Webb’s lifetime, by helping to maintain the observatory’s orientation in orbit. As photons of sunlight hit the large sunshield surface, they will exert pressure on the sunshield, and if not properly balanced, this solar pressure would cause rotations of the observatory that must be accommodated by its reaction wheels. The aft momentum flap will sail on the pressure of these photons, balancing the sunshield and keeping the observatory steady.
Thanks! Yes, the momentum flap is revolutionary. It minimize fuel needed to keep the "observatory" steady. Have you got any evidence for this nonsense?

Giuliano M., Rager R., Ferdous N., 2007, “Towards a Heuristic for Scheduling the James
Webb Space Telescope” In the Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference
on Automated Planning and Scheduling. Providence Rhode Island. Pages 160-167.

Kinzel, W. M., 2005(A), “Managing Angular Momentum Accumulation by Visit
Sequencing and Visit Roll Selection”, JWST-STScI-000713, SM-12, Baseline

Kinzel, W. M., 2005(B), “Using Spacecraft Roll to Control JWST Momentum Buildup”,
JWST-STScI-000729, SM-12, Baseline

Kinzel, W. M., 2007, “JWST Angular Momentum Management with Pass 1 and 2 Torque
Tables”, JWST-STScI-001189, SM-12, Baseline
Long, K. S., 2005, “Comparisons of the random walk model to schedules generated with
planJ and JMS/Spike”, JWST-STScI-000663 – Rev. B

Markley, F. L., et al, 2007, “Momentum Management Working Group: Restart 1st and
2nd Pass Final Report”, 07-JWST-0210, 28 September 2007.

Mitchell, L., 2007, “Observation Efficiency Allocations Report”, JWST-RPT-004166
Rev C, June 8, 2007

Petro, L., 2005, “JWST Science Operations Design Reference Mission (SODRM) Data
Products”, Version 1.1 (S&OC-DRD OP-01), JWST-OPS-003257, October 25, 2005.

Petro et al. 2005, “Planning to Minimize Angular Momentum”, JWST-STScI-000645 –
Rev A.

Rager R., Giuliano M., 2006, “Evaluating Scheduling Strategies for JWST Momentum
Scheduling” In the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Planning and
Scheduling for Space. Baltimore, MD. Pages 82-91.

Simmons, D.F., et al. 2005, Momentum Management Trade Study Final Report”, 05-
JWST-0402, 26, October, 2005.

Stockman 2005, “Maximum Allowable Solar Torque Architecture for JWST, JWSTSTScI-000583

Stockman & Long 2005, A Statistical Analysis of Angular Momentum Buildup and its
impact of the JWST Science Mission, STSCI-JWST-TM-2005-0208

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #640 on: February 25, 2022, 04:39:08 AM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:

 “The James Webb Space Telescope’s revolutionary technology will study every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
Webb’s infrared telescope will explore a wide range of science questions to help us understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.”
 
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/documents/WebbFactSheet.pdf

I particularily love the revolutionary "momentum flap" fitted below the sun shields.

The aft momentum flap helps minimize the fuel engineers will need to use throughout Webb’s lifetime, by helping to maintain the observatory’s orientation in orbit. As photons of sunlight hit the large sunshield surface, they will exert pressure on the sunshield, and if not properly balanced, this solar pressure would cause rotations of the observatory that must be accommodated by its reaction wheels. The aft momentum flap will sail on the pressure of these photons, balancing the sunshield and keeping the observatory steady.
Thanks! Yes, the momentum flap is revolutionary. It minimize fuel needed to keep the "observatory" steady. Have you got any evidence for this nonsense?

Giuliano M., Rager R., Ferdous N., 2007, “Towards a Heuristic for Scheduling the James
Webb Space Telescope” In the Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference
on Automated Planning and Scheduling. Providence Rhode Island. Pages 160-167.

Kinzel, W. M., 2005(A), “Managing Angular Momentum Accumulation by Visit
Sequencing and Visit Roll Selection”, JWST-STScI-000713, SM-12, Baseline

Kinzel, W. M., 2005(B), “Using Spacecraft Roll to Control JWST Momentum Buildup”,
JWST-STScI-000729, SM-12, Baseline

Kinzel, W. M., 2007, “JWST Angular Momentum Management with Pass 1 and 2 Torque
Tables”, JWST-STScI-001189, SM-12, Baseline
Long, K. S., 2005, “Comparisons of the random walk model to schedules generated with
planJ and JMS/Spike”, JWST-STScI-000663 – Rev. B

Markley, F. L., et al, 2007, “Momentum Management Working Group: Restart 1st and
2nd Pass Final Report”, 07-JWST-0210, 28 September 2007.

Mitchell, L., 2007, “Observation Efficiency Allocations Report”, JWST-RPT-004166
Rev C, June 8, 2007

Petro, L., 2005, “JWST Science Operations Design Reference Mission (SODRM) Data
Products”, Version 1.1 (S&OC-DRD OP-01), JWST-OPS-003257, October 25, 2005.

Petro et al. 2005, “Planning to Minimize Angular Momentum”, JWST-STScI-000645 –
Rev A.

Rager R., Giuliano M., 2006, “Evaluating Scheduling Strategies for JWST Momentum
Scheduling” In the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Planning and
Scheduling for Space. Baltimore, MD. Pages 82-91.

Simmons, D.F., et al. 2005, Momentum Management Trade Study Final Report”, 05-
JWST-0402, 26, October, 2005.

Stockman 2005, “Maximum Allowable Solar Torque Architecture for JWST, JWSTSTScI-000583

Stockman & Long 2005, A Statistical Analysis of Angular Momentum Buildup and its
impact of the JWST Science Mission, STSCI-JWST-TM-2005-0208

Nothing about momentum flaps 2022.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #641 on: February 25, 2022, 08:02:18 AM »
Yeah, strangely it seems most of the research about how to successfully deploy JWST was performed prior to launch. Those big silly scientists and their strange way of doing things,  amirite?

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #642 on: February 25, 2022, 08:39:05 AM »
All you have to know about a momentum flap !!!

“As photons of sunlight hit the large sunshield surface, they will exert pressure on the sunshield, and if not properly balanced, this solar pressure would cause rotations of the JWST observatory that must be accommodated by its reaction wheels. The aft momentum flap will sail on the pressure of these photons, balancing the sunshield and keeping the JWST observatory steady. Just as a ship’s mast must be set in position and the rigging established before the ship unfurls its sails, Webb’s pallet structures, momentum flap, and mid-booms will soon all be in place for Webb’s silver sunshield to unfold. ”

Don’t ask me what the JWST reaction wheels are!

https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2021/12/30/webbs-aft-momentum-flap-deployed/

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #643 on: February 25, 2022, 09:44:54 AM »
All you have to know about a momentum flap !!!
No, you need to know a lot more. Here's a starter package for you:

Kinzel, W. M., 2005(A), “Managing Angular Momentum Accumulation by Visit
Sequencing and Visit Roll Selection”, JWST-STScI-000713, SM-12, Baseline

Kinzel, W. M., 2005(B), “Using Spacecraft Roll to Control JWST Momentum Buildup”,
JWST-STScI-000729, SM-12, Baseline

Kinzel, W. M., 2007, “JWST Angular Momentum Management with Pass 1 and 2 Torque
Tables”, JWST-STScI-001189, SM-12, Baseline
Long, K. S., 2005, “Comparisons of the random walk model to schedules generated with
planJ and JMS/Spike”, JWST-STScI-000663 – Rev. B

Markley, F. L., et al, 2007, “Momentum Management Working Group: Restart 1st and
2nd Pass Final Report”, 07-JWST-0210, 28 September 2007.

Mitchell, L., 2007, “Observation Efficiency Allocations Report”, JWST-RPT-004166
Rev C, June 8, 2007

Petro, L., 2005, “JWST Science Operations Design Reference Mission (SODRM) Data
Products”, Version 1.1 (S&OC-DRD OP-01), JWST-OPS-003257, October 25, 2005.

Petro et al. 2005, “Planning to Minimize Angular Momentum”, JWST-STScI-000645 –
Rev A.

Rager R., Giuliano M., 2006, “Evaluating Scheduling Strategies for JWST Momentum
Scheduling” In the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Planning and
Scheduling for Space. Baltimore, MD. Pages 82-91.

Simmons, D.F., et al. 2005, Momentum Management Trade Study Final Report”, 05-
JWST-0402, 26, October, 2005.

Stockman 2005, “Maximum Allowable Solar Torque Architecture for JWST, JWSTSTScI-000583

Stockman & Long 2005, A Statistical Analysis of Angular Momentum Buildup and its
impact of the JWST Science Mission, STSCI-JWST-TM-2005-0208


Don’t ask me what the JWST reaction wheels are!

The ACS uses sun sensors, star trackers, and gyroscopes to sense the observatory orientation and movement, as well as reaction wheels and/or thrusters to apply force or torque to the observatory for pointing control or maneuvers. The reaction wheels provide the control torques needed to maintain attitude and pointing as well as to slew. The spacecraft's star trackers provide stellar inertial attitude reference for 3-axis coarse pointing control. The ACS points the telescope boresight to within 8″ (1-σ, per axis) of the commanded position prior to guide star acquisition, without any position reference or input from the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS).

Control of the roll orientation about the telescope's optical axis is provided by input from the spacecraft's 2 star trackers. The star trackers each have a ~16° diameter FOV, projected on to a 512 × 512 pixel CCD detector. They are oriented over 45° from the telescope boresight and each other. The star trackers compare the observed positions of bright stars (V < 6) to an internal star catalog. This allows the use of a single star for fine guidance within the FGS field of view (FOV) while still maintaining roll control.

The duration of slews is a function of the length of the motion. The rate of motion is determined in part by the need to keep settling times within certain limits as well as the desire to reach the new pointing as soon as possible. For slews between 25" and 3°, the slew rate is slower than for shorter or longer slews, to avoid exciting slosh modes of the propellant in the tanks. Once excited, propellant slosh can take a long time to damp (more than 20 minutes in some cases).

Fine guidance is a closed loop system, in which a guide star in the FGS FOV is used to stabilize the observatory during science exposures. The FGS makes measurements of the guide star position in the plane of the sky and sends these to the ACS every 64 ms. Using the FGS data, the ACS determines the telescope pointing error to be removed, using a combination of the fine steering mirror (FSM) and the spacecraft's reaction wheels.

Each science visit uses a single guide star. Pointing changes within the FGS FOV (dithers, target acquisition motions, etc.) are specified to the spacecraft in terms of the change in the guide star location (Delta X, Delta Y) in the FGS FOV, and the change in the position angle (Delta PA) about the guide star's position.

For stationary targets, the ACS controls the FSM and reaction wheels so that the guide star remains at a fixed location in the FGS detector.

In order to change the telescope pointing orientation by more than one FGS pixel (about 0.06"), the ACS must exit the "Fine Guide" mode, execute the pointing change, and then reestablish fine guidance. Very small offsets <0.06" can be executed by the FSM, while the ACS remains in closed-loop fine guidance control.


Nothing about momentum flaps 2022.

As Boydster pointed out, does the Heiwabot really think the engineering, design, calculations for momentum flap guidance was done the day of launch in 2022? Would a Heiwabot design a tanker rudder the day it was launched into the sea? The Heiwabot really needs to upgrade from decades old idiocy and infancy.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #644 on: February 25, 2022, 09:48:08 AM »
Would a Heiwabot design a tanker rudder the day it was launched into the sea?

All the evidence points to yes. Yes he would.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #645 on: February 25, 2022, 10:18:44 AM »
My problems are the ACS, the FSM and the reaction wheels. I simply don't believe they work. Wheels on a space craft!?!? ROTFL

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #646 on: February 25, 2022, 10:48:24 AM »
It's a flywheel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_wheel

Seriously, what did you read for your M.Sc.?
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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #647 on: February 25, 2022, 11:39:26 AM »
My problems are the ACS, the FSM and the reaction wheels. I simply don't believe they work. Wheels on a space craft!?!? ROTFL

A SURVEY OF REACTION WHEEL DISTURBANCE MODELING APPROACHES FOR SPACECRAFT LINE-OF-SIGHT JITTER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS



Here's what they look like:



The Heiwabot is an idiot and thinks reaction wheels are these:




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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #648 on: February 25, 2022, 11:42:42 AM »
It's a flywheel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_wheel

Seriously, what did you read for your M.Sc.?

I know that the reaction wheels provide the control torques needed to maintain (1) attitude and (2) pointing as well as (3) to slew when you are orbiting L2. Luckily I don't need them looking out of my window.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #649 on: February 25, 2022, 12:07:51 PM »
It's a flywheel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_wheel

Seriously, what did you read for your M.Sc.?

I know that the reaction wheels provide the control torques needed to maintain (1) attitude and (2) pointing as well as (3) to slew when you are orbiting L2. Luckily I don't need them looking out of my window.

That's why you weren't launched into space.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #650 on: February 25, 2022, 12:16:05 PM »
It's a flywheel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_wheel

Seriously, what did you read for your M.Sc.?
It would seem he did all his research on graduation day.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #651 on: February 25, 2022, 04:28:54 PM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:
Yes, and then you mangle, misrepresent and outright lie about what they actually said.
Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
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Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #652 on: February 25, 2022, 06:22:51 PM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:
Yes, and then you mangle, misrepresent and outright lie about what they actually said.
No, just study:
https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jwst
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
Note that plenty links are missing.
Regardless – there are plenty steps before we get any pictures at all from the JWST at L2. So better is just to look out from my window.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #653 on: February 25, 2022, 07:48:53 PM »
Regardless – there are plenty steps before we get any pictures at all from the JWST at L2. So better is just to look out from my window.
No, better to keep using Hubble Space Telescope.  That is unless you can see this from your window.
Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
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Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #654 on: February 25, 2022, 10:07:32 PM »
   

All you have to know about a momentum flap !!!
   

Foreskin?





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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #655 on: February 25, 2022, 10:32:45 PM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:
Yes, and then you mangle, misrepresent and outright lie about what they actually said.
No, just study:
https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jwst
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
Note that plenty links are missing.
Regardless – there are plenty steps before we get any pictures at all from the JWST at L2. So better is just to look out from my window.

It helps if the Heiwabot™ was smart enough to go to the right link - Apparently, the Heiwabot™ is an idiot - No links are broken:

https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jwst

Spacecraft bus and sunshield

The JWST spacecraft bus provides the necessary support functions for the operation of the JWST observatory. The bus is the home for six major subsystems: 125)

• ACS (Attitude Control Subsystem)

• EPS (Electrical Power Subsystem)

• C&DHS (Command and Data Handling Subsystem)

• RF communications subsystem

• Propulsion subsystem

• TCS (Thermal Control Subsystem)

The spacecraft is 3-axis stabilized. Two star trackers (+ 1 for redundancy) point the observatory toward the science target prior to guide star acquisition, and they provide roll stability about the telescope line of sight (V1 axis.) Six reaction wheels (two are redundant) are mounted on isolators near the center of gravity of the bus to reduce disturbances to the observatory. These reaction wheels offload the fine steering control (operation from a 16 Hz update from the FGS) to maintain the fine steering mirror near its central position to limit differential distortion-induced blurring onto the target star. 126) 127)



Figure 76: Top view of the JWST spacecraft bus


Figure 77: Observatory schematic block diagram

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #656 on: February 25, 2022, 11:27:29 PM »

The spacecraft is 3-axis stabilized. Two star trackers (+ 1 for redundancy) point the observatory toward the science target prior to guide star acquisition, and they provide roll stability about the telescope line of sight (V1 axis.) Six reaction wheels (two are redundant) are mounted on isolators near the center of gravity of the bus to reduce disturbances to the observatory.

   


Obviously you make shit up as you go along.   
Do you have no need for a bigilliun award units? 


I don't thing you are even trying . . .




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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #657 on: February 26, 2022, 12:59:34 AM »
I just quote ESA/NASA:
Yes, and then you mangle, misrepresent and outright lie about what they actually said.
No, just study:
https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jwst
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
Note that plenty links are missing.
Regardless – there are plenty steps before we get any pictures at all from the JWST at L2. So better is just to look out from my window.

It helps if the Heiwabot™ was smart enough to go to the right link - Apparently, the Heiwabot™ is an idiot - No links are broken:

https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jwst

Spacecraft bus and sunshield

The JWST spacecraft bus provides the necessary support functions for the operation of the JWST observatory. The bus is the home for six major subsystems: 125)

• ACS (Attitude Control Subsystem)

• EPS (Electrical Power Subsystem)

• C&DHS (Command and Data Handling Subsystem)

• RF communications subsystem

• Propulsion subsystem

• TCS (Thermal Control Subsystem)

The spacecraft is 3-axis stabilized. Two star trackers (+ 1 for redundancy) point the observatory toward the science target prior to guide star acquisition, and they provide roll stability about the telescope line of sight (V1 axis.) Six reaction wheels (two are redundant) are mounted on isolators near the center of gravity of the bus to reduce disturbances to the observatory. These reaction wheels offload the fine steering control (operation from a 16 Hz update from the FGS) to maintain the fine steering mirror near its central position to limit differential distortion-induced blurring onto the target star. 126) 127)



Figure 76: Top view of the JWST spacecraft bus


Figure 77: Observatory schematic block diagram

Fantastic! But what about the momentum flap?

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #658 on: February 26, 2022, 01:19:59 AM »
But what about the momentum flap?

Sounds like a sex thing.

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Re: Jwst launches in less than 3 hours
« Reply #659 on: February 26, 2022, 02:46:54 AM »
But what about the momentum flap?

Sounds like a sex thing.
Not at all! It is a rudder that steers a spaceship in a universe full of photons originating from the Sun. Just flap it and you turn right/left/up/down and arrive at your destination, so you can stop and dock. How the flap stops and reverses you, is not clear. It is secret!