Northrop Picks Park Electrochemical’s Composite for Webb Telescope
Northrop Grumman has chosen Park Electrochemical’s patented composite strut to use for the James Webb Space Telescope, intended to support missions for three space agencies including NASA. JWST is an infrared space telescope developed for NASA, European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency to collaborate for projects, Park Electrochemical said Wednesday. Northrop is the prime [...]
Northrop Engineers Test Webb Telescope Sunshield Orientation; Jim Flynn Comments
June 28, 2012 No CommentNorthrop Grumman engineers recently subjected the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield to orientation measurement tests, the company announced Wednesday. The company holds a contract from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. to design and develop Webb’s sunshield, telescope and spacecraft. According to the company, the tennis court-sized sunshield is designed to cool the [...]
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Northrop Grumman has finished building components for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, connecting the spacecraft to the optical telescope element. The company said its Astro Aerospace business unit designed the deployable tower assembly, a telescoping tower that contains composite components developed by ATK. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. contracted Northrop to design [...]
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Ball Aerospace Installs Mirrors on Northrop’s Webb Telescope, Pre-Launch Testing Soon
February 27, 2012 1 CommentBall Aerospace & Technologies Corp. completed installing a set of auxiliary mirrors for the Northrop Grumman-built James Webb Space Telescope and Northrop will start the next phase of tests in May. Northrop said it will test the telescope’s ability to withstand the rocket launch and the cold temperatures of space. Northrop is the prime contractor [...]
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