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The secondary mirror - visible in the top right corner of the image - is among the most important pieces of equipment on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and is essential to the success of the mission. Folded together with the other observatory components during launch, the secondary mirror will be deployed as part of an intricate choreography that will bring the observatory to life once in space. When deployed, like in this view, it faces Webb's iconic honeycomb-like pattern of 18 hexagonal, gold-coated primary mirror segments. This primary mirror structure is seen in the lower left of the image in its folded configuration, showing only 12 segments. Credit: ESA / eyevine
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2019-07-10
ESA / eyevine/Eyevine/East News
Eyevine
ESA / eyevine
EV_Deployment_test_of_Webb_s_secondary_mirror
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