Space telescopes

Why observatories go above the atmosphere, and how the major ones are built.

Scope

• The case for observing from orbit
• Hubble, JWST, Chandra and their successors
• Segmented mirrors, cryogenic cooling and sunshields
• Pointing stability and instrument suites
• Operations, scheduling and data archives

Notes

Nothing written here yet. Working notes go in Research and Learning Lab; anything that becomes durable is promoted onto this page.

References

To be added as the topic is worked through.